Lesson summary
Students will engage with Earth Hour by learning about three species impacted by climate change. They will complete a hands-on activity constructing and decorating animal face masks.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- build their understanding of climate change.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- explore three species affected by climate change
- create an animal face mask.
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Lesson details
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- creative thinking
- collaboration
- communication
- curiosity
- empathy
- prototyping
Curriculum Mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:
Foundation, Visual Arts
- create arts works that communicate ideas (AC9AVAFC01)
- share their arts works with audiences (AC9AVAFP01).
Year 1 and 2, Visual Arts
- use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks (AC9AVA2C01)
- share artworks and/or visual arts practice in informal settings (AC9AVA2P01).
Relevant parts of Foundation achievement standards: Students use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to create and share arts works in different forms.
Relevant parts of Year 1 and 2 achievement standards: Students create arts works in a range of forms. They share their work in informal settings.
NSW Syllabus outcomes:
- makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things (VAS1.1)
- uses the forms to make artworks according to varying requirements (VAS 1.2).
General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - assist students in constructing their animal masks.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
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.
Resources Required
- Animal masks - scissors, glue or sticky tape, markers, coloured pencils, crayons and/or glitter pens
- A device capable of displaying audiovisual material
- Animal mask activity sheet
Additional Info
Earth Hour is a WWF-Australia initiative and the world’s largest community-driven climate change campaign. At the centre of Earth Hour is switching off lights to show a commitment to action. Thousands of educators use Earth Hour’s education program to enrich their curriculum and provide pathways for young people to create change in their world. For the most up-to-date Earth Hour dates, times, and events, check here.
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