AuSSI Ecological Footprint (Secondary)

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Geography Year 7:

• Reflect on their learning to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations, and predict the expected outcomes of their proposal (ACHGS054)

Civics and Citizenship Year 7:

• Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australia’s democracy (ACHCS060)

Science Year 7:

• Some of Earth’s resources are renewable, but others are non-renewable (ACSSU116)

Geography Year 8:

• Reflect on their learning to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations, and predict the expected outcomes of their proposal (ACHGS062)

Science Year 8:

• 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)

Geography Year 9:

• The effects of the production and consumption of goods on places and environments throughout the world and including a country from North-East Asia (ACHGK068)
• The effects of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices on places, and the implications for the future of these places (ACHGK069)

Geography Year 10:

• The environmental worldviews of people and their implications for environmental management (ACHGK071)
• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management in different regions of Australia (ACHGK072)
• Reflect on and evaluate the findings of the inquiry to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations; and explain the predicted outcomes and consequences of their proposal (ACHGS080)

Cross curriculum priorities:

Sustainability

• OI.3 – Sustainable patterns of living rely on the interdependence of healthy social, economic and ecological systems.
• OI.6 – The sustainability of ecological, social and economic systems is achieved through informed individual and community action that values local and global equity and fairness across generations into the future.
• OI.9 – Sustainable futures result from actions designed to preserve and/or restore the quality and uniqueness of environments.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

• OI.2 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities maintain a special connection to and responsibility for Country/Place throughout all of Australia.
• OI.5 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of life are uniquely expressed through ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing.

Syllabus outcomes: GE4-2, GE4-3, GE4-4, GE4-5, GE4-8, GE5-4, GE5-5, GE5-8, SC4-11PW, SC4-12ES. 

Connecting lessons: All ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic audits.

• Magazines and newspapers
• Student Worksheet

This lesson supports schools working towards their ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic accreditation. By completing this lesson students will gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between our daily activities and the health of our environment. In this way, this lesson will help provide students with a broader context for the audits required when completing the ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic accreditation.