Earth's environments
Before we begin, remember, whilst you are online, you must be a responsible Digital Citizen!
Digital Citizenship, by Sandy Liptak, 2012, Lessons by Sandy (http://lessonsbysandy.com/2012/10/digital-citizenship.html).
Copyright 2020 by Kliptak Productions, LLC.
Reproduced with permission.
Lesson 1: It's a big wide world out there!
Learning Intention: Identify the continents and at least five countries on a world map
Success criteria:
What To Do: On your world map label the continents and SOME countries in each continent.
How To Do It: To locate information use either –
Print Resources (Atlas)
OR
Digital Resources - Google Maps or World Book
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How many countries do you think are in the world?
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How might you find the correct answer?
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What is a country?
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What is a continent?
​Use a digital dictionary to find the definitions
Lesson 2: The seven natural wonders of the world
Learning Intention: Describe a natural wonder of the world using the researched information.
Success Criteria:
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Debate, ‘________ should remain a natural wonder of the world’.
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Convince an adjudicator why your natural wonder should stay a natural wonder.
Using the websites hyperlinked record facts about each natural wonder.
There are seven natural wonders of the world.
Success Criteria:
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Choose a renewable energy – solar power, wind power or hydro power.
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Skim, scan and read information on the hyperlinked website AND watch the video.
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Record at least FIVE facts related to one renewable energy.
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Lesson 3: Importance of nature
to humans
Learning Intention: State 3 facts related to ONE renewable energy.
How do humans use the natural environment in everyday life?
What did you SEE, THINK and WONDER while watching the video?
Natural Resources
Oil
Electricity
Video watching
Success Criteria:
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Identify one Australian endangered animal​
Learning Intention: Research and state three facts about an Australian animal.
Lesson 4:
Animals in Trouble on Earth
Which animal from the video do you want to save?
Lesson 5: How do people feel about their environment?
Success Criteria:
1. Watch the videos
2. Participate and contribute to
class discussion
3. Complete the Venn diagram
4. Answer "How do people feel
about their environment?"
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Learning intention: Identify that people use an environment for different purposes.
Data in research
Hunter Valley
Use these links for your research:
Learning intention: .
Lesson 6: How and why do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people value their environment?
Watch this video with Aboriginal elder, Bob Randall
Group activity
With a partner using the website provided, scroll down, and look closely at the two caleders from the Tiwi Islands. Discuss what you notice and record two facts about each:
Flags use colours and symbols to represent important parts of culture.
Lesson 7 & 8: Guiding question: How can people use places and environments more sustainably?
What is sustainability?
What is represented in the following picture?
To understand sustainability, we could imagine writing care instructions for our planet. Using print resources write a set of 5 care instructions on The Earth’s label.
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