Weather Makers - Visions of the Future

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 7 Science:

• Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations (ACSHE120)

Year 7 Geography:

• The causes, impacts and responses to an atmospheric or hydrological hazard (ACHGK042)
• The influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places (ACHGK045)
• The strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people, including examples from Australia and Europe (ACHGK047)

Year 8 Geography:

• The causes, impacts and responses to a geomorphological hazard (ACHGK053)
• The management and planning of Australia’s urban future (ACHGK059)

Year 8 English:

• Use interaction skills for identified purposes, using voice and language conventions to suit different situations, selecting vocabulary, modulating voice and using elements such as music, images and sound for specific effects (ACELY1808)
• Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content, including multimodal elements, to reflect a diversity of viewpoints (ACELY1731)
• Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate (ACELY1736)

Syllabus Outcomes: EN5-1A, EN5-2A, EN5-3B, GE5-2, GE5-3, GE5-4, GE5-5, GE5-8, SC5-12ES, SC5-13ES, SC5-9WS. 

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – oversee activity.

• Internet access
• students worksheet

Cool Australia would like to acknowledge:

• Tim Flannery
• David Harding, Rose Iser, Sally Stevens
• Text Publishing and Purves Environmental Fund
• Climate Council