Blueback - Presenting Data

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

• Evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships (AC9HS5S03)
• The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place  (AC9HS5K04)

Syllabus outcomes: GE3-4, GE3-2

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 5 achievement standards:
They identify and describe the interconnections between people and the human and environmental characteristics of places, and between components of environments. They locate, collect and organise data and information from a range of sources to answer inquiry questions. They present findings and ideas using geographical terminology in a range of communication forms.

• Access to the film Blueback, also available on Clickview
• Access to Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel 
• Access to Our World In Data (ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution)
• Device capable of presenting video and audio to the class
• Student Worksheet 

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

• Communication
• Creativity
• Critical thinking
• Digital literacy

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium: Teachers should read this resource and its associated materials before delivering the lesson. There may be concepts covered that require further reading or extra preparation. Some of the activities may need to be planned in context to teachers’ classrooms. This lesson requires students to create data representations in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets which teachers will need to familiarise themselves with before using these tools with students. 

Minderoo Foundation is proud to be the education partner for the film adaption of Tim Winton’s best-selling book, Blueback.

Teach the Big Picture of Sustainability

Quick summary: Open your students’ minds to how different systems – environmental, social and economic – are connected.