Lesson summary
Students explore the challenges and solutions related to climate change and its impact on the environment. They are encouraged to think about how their scientific knowledge can be applied to inspire and promote climate change-related careers among their peers, emphasising the vital role of scientific expertise in addressing this pressing global issue.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- recognise the challenges of climate change and consider the proposed solutions
- investigate various green careers that will help society transition away from fossil fuels and create a net zero economy by inspiring young people and promoting in-demand sectors and careers using their scientific knowledge.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- outline the challenges of climate change and the proposed solutions to this issue
- use their scientific knowledge to evaluate different solutions to the climate change crisis
- design a social media campaign to raise awareness of careers that will help society transition to a net zero economy and promote these sectors and careers to other young adults.
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Lesson details
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- critical thinking
- collaboration
- communication
- global citizenship
- problem-solving
Curriculum Mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: Year 9 Physics
- Apply the law of conservation of energy to analyse system efficiency in terms of energy inputs, outputs, transfers and transformations AC9S9U05
- investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering AC9S9H02
- examine how the values and needs of society influence the focus of scientific research AC9S9H04
General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability
Syllabus outcomes: Stage 5: PW3
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability
Relevant parts of Year 9 Physics achievement standards: Students can analyse energy conservation in simple systems and apply wave and particle models to describe energy transfer and can explain the relationship between science technologies and engineering. Students can analyse the different ways in which science and society are interconnected.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
UN SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy
- 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
- 7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
- 7.A By 2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology.
Resources Required
- Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
- Student devices for research
Additional Info
This unit of lessons, along with the other units in the Skills and Jobs For a Transitioned Economy package, aims to teach students how to be climate solution entrepreneurs. These lessons will equip students with the relevant skills and knowledge of jobs and career pathways that will be able to sustain our economy once it has transitioned away from fossil fuels. Cool.org thanks our philanthropic partners, the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and Boundless Earth, for their generous contributions in helping us to create these resources.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium: Some explicit teaching required, facilitation of research and discussion.
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