Resilient Australia - How Do Bushfires Impact the Landscape?

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 4 Geography:

• The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088).

Relevant parts of Year 4 Geography achievement standards: 

Syllabus outcomes: GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – support students through thinking and the creation of independent artworks.

• Charcoal for drawing
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Individual devices capable of accessing the internet
• Sketch books – one per student

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

• Community engagement
• Creativity

We encourage you to undertake the free PD Course How to teach a unit on fire and flood resilience for tips on how to best deliver this lesson.

If you’re concerned about the challenging nature of these topics, consider the free PD Course How to approach trauma in the classroom for information on how best to support your students.

This lesson was made in partnership with
Minderoo Foundation (www.minderoo.org).