Outdoor Learning - What is a Biodiversity Index?

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions - Geography

Students learn to:

• the human-induced changes that challenge the sustainability of places and environments (AC9HG10K01)

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards:
By the end of Year 10, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes at different scales change the characteristics of places.

• Census or Sample – Data Collection – one copy per student
• Census or Sample Data Analysis – Your School – one copy per student

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

• creativity
• critical thinking

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - oversee activity and facilitate discussion.

This lesson is designed to be taught outside. It contains all the tools required for students to reap the benefits of being outdoors while learning the outcomes of the Australian Curriculum. By spending time outdoors and connecting to nature, students are more likely to care for and conserve nature as adults.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

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