Blue - Do the Maths on Australia's Fishing Industry

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• communication
• critical thinking
• digital literacy
• Initiative

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 10 Mathematics:

• Investigate and describe bivariate numerical data where the independent variable is time (ACMSP252).

Syllabus outcomes: MA5.2-1WM, MA5.2-3WM, MA5.2-16SP

General capabilities: Digital Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 10 Mathematics achievement standards: Students describe bivariate data where the independent variable is time. They describe statistical relationships between two continuous variables. Students evaluate statistical reports.

Unit of work: Blue The Film – Mathematics – Year 7 – 10

Time required: 80 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee activities and lead students in discussion.

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

• Target 14.1: By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution.

• Student Worksheet – one copy per student
• Device capable of presenting a clip to the class
• Annual Logbook Catch-Data – student and teacher access (note: Microsoft Excel, not Google docs, is required). You will need to project this onto a screen.
• Student access to laptops/desktop computers with Microsoft Excel

Blue is a feature documentary film charting the drastic decline in the health of our oceans. With more than half of all marine life lost and the expansion of the industrialization of the seas, the film sets out the challenges we are facing and the opportunities for positive change. Blue changes the way we think about our liquid world and inspires the audience to action. Find out how to screen or download the film here. Along with the film is an ambitious global campaign to create advocacy and behaviour change through the #oceanguardian movement. To become an ocean guardian, see the website.

How To Teach Sustainability With Hope

Quick summary: This course is for both primary and secondary teachers of all subjects, but especially for English, Science, Humanities and Geography teachers who are covering climate change and the cross-curriculum priority of sustainability.