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Creative Sustainability - Visual Arts

PrimaryYear 3 - 4ScienceHumanities and Social SciencesGeographyThe ArtsEnvironmentalSustainability

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This unit is designed to help students explore key themes around sustainability through creativity. Students will identify different parts of the environment and the importance of each part. They will then use different colors, symbols, and art techniques to create drawings representing their chosen part of the environment. Students will also create a self-portrait that explains the environmental action they want to take. They will learn about the visual convention of color and experiment with complementary and analogous colors in their artwork. Students will explore how artists are inspired by nature and create watercolor drawings of their special place in nature. They will also observe and draw animals in the school yard.

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    Creative Sustainability - Colouring Our Environment
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyThe Arts

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    Explicit instruction on the topic, increasing in complexity and breadth of knowledge.

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    Creative Sustainability - Inspiring Places in Nature
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyThe Arts
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    Creative Sustainability - Picturing Plants
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4The ArtsVisual ArtsEnvironmental
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    Creative Sustainability - Animal Cartoons
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4ScienceThe ArtsMedia Arts
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    Creative Sustainability - Exploring Colour
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4The ArtsVisual ArtsEconomic

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    Contextualising knowledge and inspiring students through real-world examples. These lessons feature stories of inspirational people and organisations making a difference to help bring the learning to life.

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    Creative Sustainability - Self-Portraits for Change
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyThe Arts

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