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Environments - FORESTER
Reforestation - What can you do? Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority Cooperative Learning Activity
1. Different forests around Australia have been affected by all sorts of destruction from bushfires, unsustained logging, climate change and the encroachment of cities. As a group of 4 - 5 students, you are to read the following article from ABC News 23 June 2019 2. Write down as many facts from this news article. 3. What is inspirational in this article? 4. You are to create an advertisement campaign to encourage students in high school to investigate an area that needs reforestation, and, then carried out the process of creating an advertisement. 5. Show all the advertisements and select the one that is most effective as a class. Show this advertisement to the whole school. Ask for volunteers to help establish or re-establish a new forest. 6. Estimate the number of seedlings needed, where you would source these seedlings, the cost and the time and effort required. Can you as a group, class undertake this venture?
Dead Tree Detective Call for students and teachers to be part of the Dead Tree Detective! Look at the Auditor to see the activity involved. This is a great way to intergrate Science and Mathematics into a real life project. The project is ongoing.
Websites, Games & Apps
Bushfire! WebQuest (developed by Dept of Education Tasmania) Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Cooperative Learning Activity
Teacher Target: Years 9 - 10. Full Local Document (30 pages including Standards) Student Worksheet - Local Copy
The Science of Bushfires (Web Archive Only - created in 2002) Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Cooperative Learning Activity
Many links would need to be changed but in essence a good WebQuest.
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