Firewood: More Than Fuel

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

• critical thinking
• communication
• empathy
• ethical understanding
• global citizenship
• problem solving
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 3 and 4, Science

• compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals (AC9S3U01)
• explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food changes represent feeding relationships (AC9S4U01) 

Relevant parts of Year 3 and 4 Science achievement standards: Students classify and compare living and non-living things and different life cycles. Students identify the roles of organisms in a habitat and construct food chains. 

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

• compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things (ST2-ALW-S).

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Literacy, Numeracy, Personal and Social Capability 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - lead and facilitate class discussions as well as conducting an interactive game with students.

UN SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

• Target 15.5: Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.

• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Open space (outside or inside)
• Scissors
• Glue

This lesson has been developed in partnership with the Conservation Regulator, a government agency responsible for regulation of fire prevention, use of public land, wildlife and biodiversity. Through a combination of enforcement and education activities, the Conservation Regulator aims to maintain the health and heritage of these landscapes for future generations to enjoy.

Using The Cool.org Act Framework in the Classroom - Primary

Quick Summary: This course will help you to empower students to take action on issues that are important to them, by offering a variety of strategies and tactics to facilitate meaningful action.