Environments - PIG FARMER

Pig Breeds in Australia: Make a Crossword
Should we be using pig kidneys to help save lives? 6 Thinking Hats
Prof. Peter Singer's Ideas - a Community of Inquiry

Pig Breeds in Australia: Make a Crossword

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Teacher

Here is a range of crossword and puzzle makers that your class can use. Students have to provide a clue and their answer.

Students

1. You are to read the following article from the Dept of Primary Industries NSW and create a crossword puzzle that has 20 questions to be answered by a partner. Write down all your clues from this PDF article and your answers.

Breeds in Australia (PDF 2 pages)

2. Use the Puzzle Maker page to see all the online puzzle makers you can use. Select one and start putting in your questions (and answers) and the online puzzle will make your crossword puzzle fit!

3. Swap with a partner and see how you go with their crossword puzzle.

Should we be using pig kidneys to help save lives? 6 Thinking Hats

Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Philosophy

Cooperative Learning Activity

Teacher

You are to read the information and the process of Edward de Bono's 6 Thinking Hats for this activity. Click here to read more about this Strategy.

Students

1. Form groups of 6 students. After re-looking at the 6 Thinking Hats, allocate a hat for each student.

You are to remain as this Thinking Hat colour until the end of the session.

2. Follow the procedure of the 6 Thinking Hats and read the following article from The Conversation.

The Conversation 28 March 2024

You are to stay in that role [colour] for all of the discussion bringing this perspective to the discussion - even if you don't agree personally with that role.

NO negative comments about the person or the role is to be tolerated.

  
3.

In a discussion, each group of 6 students is a team.

Teams can use these hats in any order during a discussion, but typically progress from blue, to white, to green, to yellow, to red, and finally to black. This order organizes the discussion:

Blue: Start with the approach and process
White: Review the facts
Green: Generate new ideas without judgement
Yellow: Focus on the benefits
Red: Consider emotional responses to any ideas
Black: Apply critical thinking after the benefits have been explored to test the viability of the new ideas

4.

Reflection

What have you learnt?

Prof. Peter Singer's Ideas - a Community of Inquiry

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Philosophy

Cooperative Learning Activity

Teacher

Peter Singer was Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University up until June 2024. Singer lives in Melbourne and is marking his retirement from Princeton by moving philosophy discussions from his classroom to the podcast world.

You are to conduct a Community of Inquiry. Click here to review this strategy.

Students

1. Form a circle including your teacher.

2. Take turns to read the following article from The Conversation.

The Conversation 13 June 2023

3. You are to form pairs and workout 2 questions from the following question quadrant:

4. Write the two Philosophical or inquiry questions onto a notepad and stick onto the class' whiteboard.