Blue - The Longest Lunch Ever

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

• collaboration
• problem solving

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 Science:

• Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE051)

Year 4 Science:

• Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)
• Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence their use (ACSSU074)

Syllabus outcomes: ST2-11LW, ST2-13MW

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 3 Science achievement standards: Students describe how they can use science investigations to respond to questions.

Relevant parts of Year 4 Science achievement standards: Students apply the observable properties of materials to explain how objects and materials can be used. They identify when science is used to understand the effect of their actions.

Unit of work: Blue The Film: Inquiry – Years 3 & 4.

Level of teacher scaffolding: High – lead activities and discussions.

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 website to the class
• Cut out small squares of recycled/scrap paper
• Pens/pencils
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch Soup – Instructions

You will also need:

• 10 – 12 different types of lunchbox items, including plastics wrappers (biscuit and chip packets), plastic cling wrap, straws, recyclable juice boxes, fruit (apple/banana) and a lunch box for the longest lunch demonstration. Put the objects into the lunchbox to represent a student lunchbox.

• Equipment needed for the eco cooking session: large bowl, wooden spoons, water, two pairs of scissors, plastic items, ladle and small bowls.

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 industrialisation 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.