Take 3 - Take Action For The Ocean

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Depending on the activities you choose, you may meet the following content descriptions:

Year 4 HASS:

• The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably (ACHASSK090)
• The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088)
• Reflect on learning to propose actions in response to an issue or challenge and consider possible effects of proposed actions (ACHASSI081)
• Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms (ACHASSI082)

Year 5 HASS:

• The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places (ACHASSK112)
• Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI104)
• Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions (ACHASSI105)

Year 6 HASS:

• Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI132)
• Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions (ACHASSI133)

Syllabus outcomes: GE2-1 , GE2-2, GE2-3, GE2-4, GE3-2, GE3-3, GE3-4

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability (OI.7, OI.8, OI.9).

Relevant parts of Year 4 HASS achievement standards: Students identify the interconnections between components of the environment and between people and the environment. They reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge and identify the possible effects of their proposed action. Students present ideas, findings and conclusions using discipline-specific terms in a range of communication forms.

Relevant parts of Year 5 HASS achievement standards: Students identify and describe the interconnections between people and the human and environmental characteristics of places, and between components of environments. They work with others to generate alternative responses to an issue or challenge and reflect on their learning to independently propose action, describing the possible effects of their proposed action. They present their ideas, findings and conclusions in a range of communication forms using discipline-specific terms and appropriate conventions.

Relevant parts of Year 6 HASS achievement standards: Students reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge and describe the probable effects of their proposal. They present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of communication forms that incorporate source materials, mapping, graphing, communication conventions and discipline-specific terms.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work Take 3 For The Sea – Project-based Learning – Years 4 to 6

Time required: 120+ mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee discussions and activities

• Device capable of presenting a website and video to the class
• Materials for communication piece, e.g. device capable of making a short clip, art-making materials
• Plastic Pollution Factsheet (optional)
• Student Worksheet – one copy per student
• Workbooks

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Social skills

Take 3 is an Australian charity removing rubbish from the environment through education programs, international campaigns and clean-ups. Take 3’s call to action is simple: Take 3 pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach, waterway or… anywhere and you have made a difference.