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 DECS is supporting schools with EFS - Jonathan Noble (DECS)

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.decs.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 (DECS)

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

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)

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