Containers for Change WA - Kitting Out Our Community

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

• creativity
• communication
• community engagement
• enterprise
• problem solving
• reflection
• social skills

Western Australian Curriculum - Year 6, HASS

• Use decision-making processes (e.g. share opinions and personal perspectives, consider different points of view, identify issues, develop possible solutions, plan for action, identify advantages and disadvantages of different options) (WAHASS60)

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions - HASS

• Students propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects AC9HS6S06

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

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 6 achievement standards: Students propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects

• Use decision-making processes (e.g. share opinions and personal perspectives, consider different points of view, identify issues, develop possible solutions, plan for action, identify advantages and disadvantages of different options) (WAHASS60)

UN SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

• Target 12.2: By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources

• Device capable of displaying digital resources to students
• One device per student to access and edit the letter template and search for additional information
• Student Worksheet (one per student) 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - students select their own focus for this task which requires research and mathematical calculations. Some students may require support to manage the steps of the task and the specific processes required of them.