Changing Behaviour

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

• communication
• global citizenship
• ethical understanding
• creativity
• community engagement
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions

HASS:

Students will:

• learn about types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants (AC9HS5K08).
• learn about influences on consumer choices and strategies that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices (AC9HS6K08).
• propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects (AC9HS5S06).

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

Syllabus outcomes: ST2-2DP-T

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 5 achievement standards: Students recognise that choices need to be made when allocating resources. They describe factors that influence their choices as consumers and identify strategies that can be used to inform these choices. They describe different views on how to respond to an issue or challenge.

Relevant parts of Year 6 achievement standards: Students recognise why choices about the allocation of resources involve trade-offs. They explain why it is important to be informed when making consumer and financial decisions. They explain different views on how to respond to an issue or challenge.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitating class discussions and brainstorms, guiding group activities

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

• Target 12.5: By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse

• Assessment Matrix
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Elevator Pitch Factsheet – one copy per 4-5 students
• Barriers to Recycling Mobile Phones (optional)
• Robinson Model Factsheet (optional)
• Student worksheets – one copy per student
• The Elephant, the Rider and the Path Factsheet (optional)

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Create Change That Lasts

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