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First Nations Astronomy: Universal Origin Stories

Students learn about the evolution of our understanding of the universe’s origins by comparing a range of cultural and scientific interpretations of celestial phenomena. Australian Curriculum (v9.0) c...
  • Secondary
  • Year 10
  • Science
  • Earth and Space
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
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MentorClass: Tree Talks

In this workshop, students will learn from local knowledge holders to understand the big stories of trees in their local environment. Students will explore how cultural perspectives influence scientif...
  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Science
  • Human Endeavour
  • Environmental
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MentorClass: Failure Time

In this workshop, students investigate the importance of learning through failure. They collaborate with their peers and community members to complete activities encouraging relationship-building, lea...
  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Social
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MentorClass: 365 Days

Students will explore the importance of goals by setting one personal goal to strive for over 365 days. Students will plan and create a written letter to their dream mentor and outline an actionable p...
  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Social

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Challenging Kids and Challenging Kids With Andrew Fuller

Re-watch clinical psychologist and family therapist Andrew Fuller (and Kirsten from Cool.org!) discussing behaviour management and learning enhancement strategies as part of the Cool.org Online Worksh...
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Year 1 - 8
  • English
  • Mathematics
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Raining Rainbows

Nothing brightens a rainy day like spotting a rainbow! In these six activities, children explore colours and shapes. These stations are perfect for setting up for drop-off time or after lunch to scaff...
  • Early Learning
  • Science
  • Social
  • Social and Emotional Learning
Free
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The 4Rs of Waste

Students are introduced to the 4Rs of waste - reduce, reuse, repair and recycle. They will explore the meanings behind these words and how they apply to waste. Students will create a poster and play a...
  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Environmental
Free
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Being Safe Around Waste

Students will familiarise themselves with some of the vocabulary around waste by creating a definition for waste and considering where it comes from. They will then work collaboratively to create a cl...
  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Environmental
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Students, Schools and Eco-Anxiety: Teaching and Learning for Eco-Optimism

While many countries, schooling systems and schools state commitment to climate change education the outcomes have been found to be not only poor but also counter-productive in terms of students’ acti...
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability
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Sensational Seas

These seven sensational activities are sure to have your kinder children interested in everything to do with the sea. These stations are perfect for setting up for drop-off time or after lunch to scaf...
  • Early Learning
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Environmental
  • Oceans
Free
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Embrace Your Body

Our bodies are AMAZING! In consultation with The Embrace Collective we have created four activities to help your children appreciate their bodies for what they can do. Children are starting to develop...
  • Early Learning
  • Social
  • Social and Emotional Learning
Free
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Trash Talk: Building Literacy Through Waste Awareness

This unit of lessons is designed for students to build their literacy comprehension skills while exploring the real-world issue of waste. These lessons focus on solid waste management and aims to deve...
  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Reading
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