Take 3 - How Do We Need The Ocean?

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 7 Geography:

• Classification of environmental resources and the forms that water takes as a resource (ACHGK037)
• The way that flows of water connects places as it moves through the environment and the way this affects places (ACHGK038)
• Economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of water for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and peoples of the Asia region (ACHGK041)
• Develop geographically significant questions and plan an inquiry, using appropriate geographical methodologies and concepts (ACHGS047)

Year 8 Geography:

• Different types of landscapes and their distinctive landform features (ACHGK048)
• Spiritual, aesthetic and cultural value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACHGK049)
• Develop geographically significant questions and plan an inquiry using appropriate geographical methodologies and concepts (ACHGS055)

Year 9 Geography:

• Distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity (ACHGK060)
• The perceptions people have of place, and how these influence their connections to different places (ACHGK065)
• Develop geographically significant questions and plan an inquiry that identifies and applies appropriate geographical methodologies and concepts (ACHGS063)

Year 10 Geography:

• Human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability (ACHGK070)
• Develop geographically significant questions and plan an inquiry that identifies and applies appropriate geographical methodologies and concepts (ACHGS072)

Syllabus outcomes: GE4-1, GE4-2, GE4-3, GE4-4, GE4-5, GE4-6, GE4-7, GE5-1, GE5-3, GE5-7.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability (OI.2), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures (OI.2, OI.3).

Relevant parts of Year 7 Geography achievement standards: Students explain interconnections between people and places and environments and describe how these interconnections change places and environments. Students identify geographically significant questions to frame an inquiry.

Relevant parts of Year 8 Geography achievement standards: Students explain interconnections within environments and between people and places and explain how they change places and environments. Students identify geographically significant questions from observations to frame an inquiry.

Relevant parts of Year 9 Geography achievement standards: Students analyse interconnections between people, places and environments and explain how these interconnections influence people, and change places and environments. Students use initial research to identify geographically significant questions to frame an inquiry.

Relevant parts of Year 10 Geography achievement standards: Students identify, analyse and explain significant interconnections between people, places and environments. Students use initial research to develop and modify geographically significant questions to frame an inquiry.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work Take 3 For The Sea – Project-based Learning – Years 7 to 10

Time required: 60-120 minutes

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee discussion and student activities

• Butchers paper and pens
• Device capable of presenting a website and video to the class
• Exta paper or workbooks
• Student Worksheet – one copy per student

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

• Communication
• Critical thinking

Take 3 is an Australian charity removing rubbish from the environment through education programs, international campaigns and clean-ups. Take 3’s call to action is simple: Take 3 pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach, waterway or… anywhere and you have made a difference.