Blueback - We Need To Protect 30% of Our Oceans by 2030

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions -

• the influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place AC9HS5K04   
• the management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences AC9HS5K05
• propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects AC9HS5S06

Syllabus outcomes: GE3-2, GE3-4

• Access to the film Blueback, also available on Clickview
• Understanding 30 x 30 Worksheet 
• Device capable of presenting video and audio to the class
• Individual devices with access to the internet (optional)
• Student Worksheet – one copy per two students. 
• Students’ vocabulary banks
• Understanding Stakeholders Worksheet

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

• Digital literacy 
• Critical thinking
• Ethical understanding
• Problem solving

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low: This resource and its associated materials should have all teachers need to be able to deliver this lesson. Concepts are explicitly explored within the lesson and the ICT requirements of the lesson are standard, in that a functioning laptop with access to the Internet and a projector will suffice. 

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.