This year Earth Hour has partnered with Cool Australia to create an extensive curriculum toolkit. Teachers can download lesson plans, digital worksheets and a host of other resources to teach lessons that will last a lifetime. Turn your Earth Hour actions into valuable classroom learning!
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Tuning in
A tuning in activity helps students to define and focus on the issues they will be dealing with in the unit of work.
Earth Hour: Flipped classroom – Are your neighbours doing it better?
Earth Hour: What on earth is Earth Hour? – Year 7 & 8
Earth Hour: Flipped Classroom – Tuning into Climate Change
Finding Out
Students will need to obtain more information about the issues they are going to investigate. They can identify questions of interest and research these either in small groups or on their own. Once information is gathered, it can be shared using chosen communication methods e.g. short presentations. Students can continue finding out by completing a range of investigations, including gathering data. They use appropriate methods to present and communicate what they have found out.
Earth Hour 2016: The places you love – LOTE – Years 7 & 8
Earth Hour 2017 – Switch off to join the future – English – Years 7 & 8
Earth Hour 2017 – Switch off to join the future – English – Years 9 & 10- Earth Hour 2016: The places you love – Years 7 & 8
Earth Hour: How will climate change affect biodiversity in Australia? – Year 9 & 10
Earth Hour: An overview of climate change – Year 7 & 8
Choose your climate future – Years 7 & 8
Earth Hour: Climate change and renewable energy in Australia – Years 7 & 8
Earth Hour: Feeding the country – Year 7 & 8
Earth Hour: Empathy task – Years 7, 8, 9 & 10
Earth Hour: Temperature and Rainfall Statistics – Year 9 & 10
Earth Hour: How will climate change affect food webs? – Year 7
Introducing climate change and the greenhouse effect – Year 7 & 8
Earth Hour: A history of climate change – Year 10
Earth Hour: Action Stations – Digital Storytelling
Considering Social Action
Students are given opportunities to apply their learning in real world situations, in the classroom, school, home or the local community.
Additional Activities for this Unit of Work
These activities are not part of this unit of work, however they may be useful as additions if you have the time.
