Investigating Changes to Our Environment

Investigating Changes to Our Environment

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • ...

This unit helps Year 3 and 4 students get involved in Earth Hour by learning about climate change in a fun and interactive way. Students will discover how climate change affects our environment and animals in Australia and worldwide. They will explore how to save energy and care for nature, discovering how they can make a difference at school, home, and in their communities. Through exciting activities, students will learn to be eco-friendly and take positive actions to protect our planet.

Earth Hour is a WWF-Australia initiative and the world’s largest community-driven climate change campaign. At its centre, lights are switched off to show a commitment to action. Thousands of teachers use Earth Hour’s education program to enrich their curriculum and provide pathways for young people to create change in their world.

Tune In

Students learn about the impact of climate change on the weather, ocean environments, organisms and animals in Australia and globally.

  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Switch Off to Join the Future (Part 1)

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Healthy Versus Unhealthy Oceans

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Weather in the Past and Future

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Short Stories for Climate

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Creative writing
  • Informative writing
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change

Find Out

Students explore the practical implications of climate change on food production, sea levels, animals and weather.

  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Banana Dramas

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - The Ice is Melting!

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Land Management
  • Oceans
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - How do Floods and Droughts Affect our Environment?

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Land Management
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Painting for Earth

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • The Arts
  • Visual Arts
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change

Take Action

Students will investigate methods to take positive climate action and spread awareness about environment initiatives and issues.

  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Switch Off to Join the Future (Part 2)

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - How Changing Weather Affects our Environment

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Lesson
  • ...

Earth Hour - Posters for the Planet

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability
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