Lesson summary
This lesson is designed to support you and your students to produce quality behaviour change artwork for the MobileMuster Schools Competition, with the aim of encouraging the community to recycle more of their old and unused mobile phones. The 2023 MobileMuster Schools Competition is open, and the theme is ‘Inspiring Recycling Action’. For information about the Schools Competition, visit the MobileMuster website.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- learn about the ethics and laws of creating media
- explore and apply different elements of creating quality media.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- create engaging behaviour change media
- produce media that adhere to local and national laws.
Lesson guides and printables
Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:
HASS & Visual Arts:
Students learn:
- to use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA4C01).
- to propose actions or responses to an issue or challenge that consider possible effects of actions (AC9HS3S06).
- about sustainable use and management of renewable and non-renewable resources, including the custodial responsibility First Nations Australians have for Country/Place (AC9HS4K06).
General capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Critical and Creative Thinking
Syllabus outcomes: VAS2.3, VAS2.4, ST2-7MW-T
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.
Relevant parts of Year 3 & 4 achievement standards:
Students describe the importance of environments, and sustainable allocation and management of resources. They propose considered actions or responses. They use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
Resources required
- Creating Quality Content – Drawing information sheet
- Creating Quality Content – Filmmaking information sheet
- Creating Quality Content – Photography information sheet
- Materials for creating the students’ chosen artworks.
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- communication
- prototyping
- ethical understanding
- creativity
- community engagement
- reflection
Additional info
Level of teacher scaffolding: High - teachers will need to facilitate students in planning and executing their chosen artwork, including sourcing resources and following up on copyright and permissions.
This activity has been developed in partnership with MobileMuster. MobileMuster is the product stewardship program of the mobile phone industry and is accredited by the federal government. It is voluntarily funded by all of the major handset manufacturers and network carriers to provide a free mobile phone recycling program in Australia to the highest environmental standard. The program is committed to raising awareness and educating the community on why it is important to recycle.
Related professional learning
Quick Summary: This course explores how to make a change initiative last longer - in your classroom, service, school or organisation.
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