Finding the Light

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

• community engagement
• initiative
• leadership
• problem solving
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Foundation

Students learn:

• the features of familiar places they belong to, why some places are special and how places can be looked after (AC9HSFK03).

Year 1 

Students learn:

• the natural, managed and constructed features of local places, and their location (AC9HS1K03).

Year 2

Students learn:

• how places can be spatially represented in geographical divisions from local to regional to state/territory, and how people and places are interconnected across those scales (AC9HS2K03).

Relevant parts of Foundation achievement standards: Students recognise the features of familiar places, why some places are special to people and the ways they can care for them.

Relevant parts of Year 1 achievement standards: Students  identify the location and nature of the natural, managed and constructed features of local places, the ways places change, and how they can be cared for by people.

Relevant parts of Year 2 achievement standards: Students identify that places can be spatially represented in different geographical divisions.

NSW Syllabus outcomes: Stage 1 

A student:

• describes features of places and the connections people have with places (GE1-1)
• identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places (GE1-2).

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy, Numeracy

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

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - coordinate groups of students to move around the classroom/school, support writing and discussion

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

• clipboards
• pencils
• Student Worksheet - 1 per student
• whiteboard

This lesson was created in collaboration with The Biodiversity Council.

Special thanks to our content partner, The Conversation and to The Garry White Foundation, The Hugh D. T. Williamson Foundation, Wedgetail and The James Kirby Foundation for their generous financial support.