From Fear to Flow - Changing Your World

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

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• collaboration
• communication
• ethical understanding
• global citizenship
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 7, Geography

Students learn to: 

• identify a strategy for action in relation to environmental, economic, social or other factors, and explain potential impacts (AC9HG7S05).

Year 8, Geography

Students learn to: 

• identify a strategy for action in relation to environmental, economic, social or other factors, and explain potential impacts (AC9HG8S05).

Relevant parts of Year 7 achievement standards: Students develop a strategy for action.

Relevant parts of Year 8 achievement standards: Students decide on appropriate strategies for action and explain potential impacts.

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

A student

• explains the management and protection of places and environments (GE4-MAN-01)

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

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion, assist group work.

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.

• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Student devices

Blue Minds Youth Ocean Leadership program aims to turn the tide on eco-anxiety and create the next generation of leaders. They aim to address this by providing free expert-led workshops to high schools, TAFEs and universities. Students will gain insights from relatable young leaders who are actively making a difference and have extensive experience inspiring students. An initiative by Surfers for Climate & The Good Human Factory.

Using the Cool.org Hope Framework in the Classroom - Secondary

Quick Summary: This course will explain the benefits of hope to your students and provide practical examples of how to use our Framework in your classroom.