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Toyota Dream Car Art Contest - Using Resources Sustainably
Lesson9 of 13 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8ScienceThe Arts
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students design a dream car and create an artwork to represent their ideas that will be submitted to the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. This contest encourages and inspires creative expression and imagination in students – some amazing ideas are born from dreams! Students will begin by reviewing their understanding of sustainability, before investigating what natural resources are and how we use them. Students will then participate in group work activities to think about how we could use resources more sustainably in different settings, before designing a dream car that could help people use resources more sustainably.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand what sustainability is
- understand what natural resources are, how we use them and how and why they should be used more sustainably
- understand how to communicate a message through art
- develop and practise art-making techniques
Success criteria
Students can:
- define sustainability in their own words
- explain what natural resources are and how to use them sustainably
- conduct research online
- work collaboratively
- plan and create artworks
- use different drawing/painting techniques
- engage in group and class discussion.
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