Roots and Shoots Education Resources

Roots and Shoots Education Resources
This curriculum-linked, action-based nature education program aims to engage students, their families, and the community about our wildlife plus the natural environment. We aim to promote optimism for our future by encouraging young people to become environmental champions!

Kids can make a difference.

Roots & Shoots is a global network of young people taking action to improve our world, making a difference in almost 100 countries.

Founded in 1991 by Dr. Jane Goodall, Roots & Shoots is a global network of young people taking action to improve our world. It is a youth-led action program that is building on Dr. Jane’s legacy and vision of placing the power and responsibility for creating solutions to big challenges in the hands of the young people.

About the project

In July 1960, at the age of 26, Jane Goodall to Gombe Stream National Park in what is now Tanzania and courageously entered the mysterious world of wild chimpanzees. She was equipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, optimism and desire to learn more about these incredible animals.

Through patience and persistence, she won the trust of the chimpanzees and eventually learnt more than anyone else on earth ever had about our closest living relatives.

Roots and Shoots exciting nature education program!

The Roots & Shoots Resource Box is a new FREE initiative of the Jane Goodall Institute of Australia (JGIA). This curriculum-linked, action-based nature education program aims to engage students, their families, and the community about our wildlife plus the natural environment. We aim to promote optimism for our future by encouraging young people to become environmental champions! The Resource Box is funded with support from the Phillips Foundation.

The Resource Box

The Resource Box is designed for use by primary school teachers and home schools to share life-long lessons with our children. It is full of fabulous FREE resources, including:

Four beautiful books:

Local Safari: Fun, ethical and hands-on activities to inspire environmental champions
Amazing Australia: Explore the unique relationships between Australia’s spectacular wildlife and their environments
What on Earth?: Meet the weirdest, wildest and most wonderful animals on the planet!
Incredible Earth: Discover the fantastic geographical marvels of the world
Information about the wonderful WOODiWILD tree-planting project; and
Teachers Guide and Resources on how to get involved, ideas and lesson plans.

Registration

Registration for the 2022 Resource Box is open now to all Australian primary-aged educators, with Resource Boxes expected to be delivered early in 2023. Last year Roots & Shoots Australia produced and distributed almost 4000 boxes to schools across Australia free of charge – to educate and inspire the next generation of custodians of planet earth.

Home learning eligibility

Parents who are homeschooling are eligible, however, we will ask you to submit completed education action plans to receive your box. Insert ‘Homeschool’ in the School field and provide your relevant address details.

Jane Goodall's Resource box schools program a young girl holding a possum and smiling

Primary teaching resources

Unit
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Roots & Shoots - Investigating Habitats

Primary
Foundation
Year 1 - 2
English
Mathematics
Science
Humanities and Social Sciences
Geography
Environmental
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Sustainability
Social
Outdoor Learning

Unit
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Roots & Shoots - Focus on Consumption

Primary
Year 3 - 6
Mathematics
Science
Humanities and Social Sciences
Geography
Business and Economics
Civics and Citizenship
Environmental
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Sustainability
Social
Outdoor Learning

With thanks to our partner

These lessons has been developed in partnership with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program. Roots & Shoots is a global youth-led program of young people taking action to improve our world.