Activity Introduction
Quick summary: Students connect with the natural vegetation of their local environment and consider its importance to animals and people. They sketch and research a particular piece of flora, and report on its value and how to care for it.
Subjects: Geography.
Year Level: 4.
Teaching Time: 60 minutes.
This lesson is part of the wider unit of work Resilient Australia: Building Resilience To Natural Disasters – Primary.
Related Professional Development: We encourage you to undertake the free PD Course How to teach a unit on fire and flood resilience for tips on how to best deliver this lesson.
If you’re concerned about the challenging nature of these topics, consider the free PD Course How to approach trauma in the classroom for information on how best to support your students.
21st-century skills:
Australian Curriculum Mapping
Content descriptions:
Year 4 Geography:
- The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088)
Relevant parts of Year 4 Geography achievement standards:
Syllabus outcomes: GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3
General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking.
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – support students through thinking and the creation of independent artworks.
Resources required:
- Charcoal for drawing
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class
- Individual devices capable of accessing the internet
- Sketch books – one per student.
Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.
