Lesson summary
Students redesign their school to make it as energy efficient as possible, presenting their plan as a model or chart.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- use sustainable design principles to redesign a familiar environment such as the school to minimize energy use
- show that many design aspects need to complement each other
- demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively to follow instructions and complete activity
- communicate effectively in an oral presentation
- communicate effectively in fair and considered class-wide discussion on issue.
Lesson guides and printables
Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
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 English:
- Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources (ACELY1723)
Year 8 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 (ACSHE135)
Year 8 English:
- Analyse and evaluate the ways that text structures and language features vary according to the purpose of the text and the ways that referenced sources add authority to a text (ACELY1732)
Syllabus Outcomes: EN4-2A, EN4-3B, SC4-11PW.
Resources required
- Art materials
- Internet
- Cool Australia Research Learning Tool
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