Units of Work
This page has resources from a PD held in March 2010 as well as examples of units of work on different sustainability topics from a range of schools.
Planning Effective Units of Work PD - Cleland Wildlife Park - 15th March 2010
This PD was aimed at providing teachers with an opportunity to:
- Review Education for Sustainability (EfS)
- Consider elements of EfS to include in unit of work planning
- Review existing units of work or begin the development of new ones
- Access support from service providers
- Network with teachers and service providers
Meeting Agenda
PD introduction presentation (118KB PDF)
A review of Education for Sustainability – Jo Bishop (Cleland Wildlife Park) (225KB PDF)
How DECD is supporting schools with EFS - Jonathan Noble (DECD)
South Australian Sustainable School Initiative (AuSSI-SA) provides a model for schools to explore sustianability with a whole of school appraoch. Case studies and resources are available. The program is free to join.
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/efs/
Sustainable and Attainable is a website designed to support students take action to address climate change. A website to support students learning about issues, auditing the school grounds, identifying actions and developing a School Environmental Management Plan
http://www.sustainableschools.sa.edu.au/
Jonathan Noble Explains Sustainable and Attainable - Video
Brainstorm; what to include in a sustainability unit of work – Sue Coad (DECD)
Guidelines for sustainability units of work (Updated with input from teachers at this PD) (104KB DOC)
Guidelines for sustainability units of work (Updated with input from teachers at this PD) (151KB PDF)
Principles of a Sustainable Society, Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living (105KB PDF)
This resource was discussed and integrated into the brainstorm.
Topic Resources from the PD
Guests presenters from a range of organisations attended and provided the following resources, orgnased by topic.
WASTE
Wipe Out Waste - Jo Hendrixk
www.wow.sa.gov.au
WATER
SA Water - Lyn Jefferies
Unit of work planning template
Unit of work planning exemplar
http://www.sawater.com.au/SAWater/Education/
NRM Education – Matt Cattanach
Provided examples of units of work that can be found at the bottom of this page.
BIODIVERSITY
Cath Mossop - Urban Forests Biodiversity Unit
http://www.milliontrees.com.au/index.php?page=education
http://www.backyards4wildlife.com.au/index.php?page=resources
Brett Haby and Jo Bishop – Cleland Wildlife Park -
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/clelandconservationwp/
Click Here For details of the follow-up PD 24th May
Catchments
Adelaide Waterwatch Yrs 3 to 7
Lockleys North Primary School Yr 3
Environmental Citizenship
Murraylands Cluster Yr 9 (MYP 4)
Waterwise
Adelaide Waterwatch Yr 8 to 9
Adelaide Waterwatch Yr 8 to 9 Appendix Resources (1.3Mb PDF)
Birds Project
This document outlines a unit of work that uses birds to explain species diversity for students in Yr 3 and above. It aims to teach students about the variety of different birds, their behaviour and their niche in a particular ecosystem.
Birds Project Unit Notes (159kb PDF)
Australian Science Curriculum Modules
A new Biological Sciences Level 7 Australian Science Curriculum module for Australian classroom use only. Provided by Mr. Mike McGarry (HOD Science), Morley Senior High School, Western Australia.
AUS Biological Sciences Level 7: Science Understanding Strand Module 1 (373kb PDF)
AUS Biological Sciences Level 7: Science Understanding Strand Module 2 (438kb PDF)