Climate Insights from the World's Oldest Culture

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

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• communication
• cultural understanding
• curiosity
• ethical understanding
• intercultural understanding

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

• Use models of energy flow between the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere to explain patterns of global climate change. (AC9S10U04)

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards: By the end of Year 10, students describe trends in patterns of global climate change and identify causal factors.

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

• SC5-ENV-01: Analyses the impact of human activity on the natural world.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding

Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - Guide students with reading, reflecting and analysing articles from different sources.

UN SDG 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

• Target 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

• Case Studies (one per group, digital or printed)
• Climate Change Indicators Presentation
• Device to share presentation with students
• Student Worksheet

Minderoo Foundation's Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative aims to reduce the harm caused to communities and the environment by fire and flood. It harnesses the collective power of communities, industry, government, philanthropy, and the research sector to lift Australia to be the global leader in fire and flood resilience by 2025. For more information, see Minderoo Foundation’s website.

We would like to acknowledge and express our gratitude for the expertise and advice provided in the creation process of these resources from the following parties.

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) 

Bhiamie Williamson (Monash University)

How to Teach a Unit on Fire and Flood Resilience

Quick summary: This course will provide a roadmap for how to approach teaching a unit on fire and flood resilience. While primarily focused on fire and flood resilience, it will reference the importance of an all-hazards approach to disaster resilience education.