Take 3 - How Are You Connected To The Ocean?

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 4 HASS:

• Pose questions to investigate people, events, places and issues (ACHASSI073)
• The diversity of Australia’s first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place (land, sea, waterways and skies) (ACHASSK083)
• The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088)

Year 5 HASS:

• Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges (ACHASSI094)
• The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places (ACHASSK112)

Year 6 HASS:

• Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges (ACHASSI122)
• The world’s cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples (ACHASSK140)

Syllabus outcomes: HT2-5, HT3-5, GE2-1 , GE2-1 , GE2-3, GE2-4, GE3-1, GE3-2, GE3-2, GE3-4

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 4 HASS achievement standards: Students develop questions to investigate. They identify the interconnections between components of the environment and between people and the environment.

Relevant parts of Year 5 HASS achievement standards: Students develop questions for an investigation. They identify and describe the interconnections between people and the human and environmental characteristics of places.

Relevant parts of Year 6 HASS achievement standards: Students develop appropriate questions to frame an investigation. They describe how people, places, communities and environments are interconnected.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work Take 3 For The Sea – Project-based Learning – Years 4 to 6

It is also aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #14, Life Below Water. By taking three bits of rubbish from the sea, we can help reduce marine pollution, protect and restore ecosystems, and conserve coastal and marine areas. 

Time required: 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: High – requires preparation from teachers. Teachers will also need to oversee class discussions and activities

• Device capable of presenting a website and video to the class
• Ocean Connection Images
• Gallery Materials
• 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.