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Creative Sustainability - Identifying Community Needs
Lesson3 of 6 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 10TechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmentalBiodiversityLand ManagementEconomicDesign ThinkingIndustry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will use the principles of permaculture and knowledge of their local area to assess specific needs in their school. Students will conduct a needs assessment of their school community through both observation and a survey. Although this lesson can be taught by itself, it also forms the third part in a unit of 6 lessons that can be delivered in sequence to take your students through a complete permaculture project design process. So, you can choose for students to use the results of their needs assessment to guide a permaculture design in the next lesson or create an infographic of their results at the end of this lesson.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand how the principles and ethics of permaculture can be used to assess the needs of their school community
- understand how to conduct observations and surveys of their school community
Success criteria
Students can:
- be active observers of school needs
- design and conduct a survey
- analyse survey data
- contribute to class discussions
- work independently and collaboratively
Lesson Guides and Printables
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