Beyond the Bushfires Education Resources

Beyond the Bushfires: Bushfire Recovery Education Resources
Evidence-based education resources for teachers that investigate the recovery of Australian wildlife after the devastating bushfires of 2019/20

About the resources

Discover the remarkable recovery of Australian wildlife post the devastating 2019/20 bushfires with Beyond the Bushfires education series. Engaging students nationwide, this initiative brings scientists directly into classrooms, offering evidence-based lessons in English, Science, Design and Technology, and Visual Arts. Leveraging The Conversation's Flora, Fauna, Fire interactive and the Bushfire Recovery Expert Panel's priority list, students delve into conservation efforts, exploring real-world practice and urgent intervention for the 119 species in need. Explore The Conversation's dynamic site here.

Primary lessons

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How Do Plants Live With Bushfires? (home learning)

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Disaster resilience
Economic
Design Thinking
Risk Management

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How Do Animals Live With Bushfires? (home learning)

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Disaster resilience
Economic
Design Thinking
Risk Management

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Beyond the Bushfires - Mystery Spiders

Primary
Year 3 - 4
English
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Conservation
Disaster resilience

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Beyond the Bushfires - Desert Rain

Primary
Year 3 - 6
Science
The Arts
Environmental
Climate Change
Conservation
Disaster resilience
Economic
Risk Management

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Beyond the Bushfires - Designed Adaptations

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Science
Technology
Design and Technologies
Environmental
Climate Change
Conservation
Disaster resilience

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Beyond Bushfires - Plant Adaptations And Fire

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Disaster resilience
Economic
Design Thinking
Risk Management

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Beyond Bushfires - Animal Adaptations And Fire

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Disaster resilience
Economic
Design Thinking
Risk Management

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Beyond the Bushfires - Survival Habitats

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Science
The Arts
Environmental
Climate Change
Conservation
Disaster resilience

New unit! Bushfire Resistant Housing (Year 7 & 8)

With bushfires increasingly threatening houses and
communities, many people are beginning to turn their thinking towards bushfire-resistant building standards as a way of combatting the impact of bushfires.

This unit of real-world learning invites students to consider these options, taking them on a journey through the design process of defining problems and their human impact, conducting research, designing practical solutions, and reflecting on their efforts.

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About The Conversation

These lessons have been developed in partnership with The Conversation. The Conversation’s mission is to be known as a prominent and trusted publisher of new thinking and evidence-based research, editorially independent and free of commercial or political bias. The Conversation hopes teachers will use their content as a source of truthful information, and that teachers can show their students the importance of trusted, evidence-based information in understanding the world around them and making informed decisions about their actions.

Additional thanks to the Ian Potter Foundation, John T Reid Charitable Trusts, The Danks Trust and The Myer Foundation, for generously supporting the development of these lessons.

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