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Sustainability

The Australian Curriculum places emphasis on Sustainability as a priority for study that connects and relates relevant aspects of content across learning areas and subjects.

Cross-curriculum learning is fundamental to:

understanding the ways social, economic and environmental systems interact to support and maintain human life
appreciating and respecting the diversity of views and values that influence sustainable development
participating critically and acting creatively in determining more sustainable ways of living.

Through the priority of Sustainability, students develop the knowledge, skills, values and world views necessary to contribute to more sustainable patterns of living.

Organising Ideas include: Systems, World Views and Futures.

The Sustainability cross-curriculum priority

Extinction with David Attenborough: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/extinction-with-david-attenborough
Earth Hour Day: https://www.coolaustralia.org/unit/earth-hour-primary/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpBMk5tVTFOelEzWlRCaCIsInQiOiJuaWtzRkQ3aWdEMEhISDQ3NEhidlNDYjFuUDBaRFFKa1wveTJCVnhubzJKUVdnZFhIWTZ5T3YrQzB1eEZsVDRXXC9NOHZOTXBaTlBaNmNcLzU2TmRQUW1YSHRIT0s4d1FFTlwvMjZZNlVGb09HeHczd2lRYkVsQWVDVkFERnJuNE1CaHIifQ%3D%3D
The World Counts: http://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/waste_pollution_facts/household_waste_statistics
Sustainability Action Process- Kitchen Gardens: https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/f7a16909-183c-4e72-bb8e-41b4ef80fd45/1/KitGarPrimary.zip/index.htm
Cool Australia: http://www.coolaustralia.org/
Earth Hour Curriculum Resources:
Global Dimension- The World in Your Classroom: https://globaldimension.org.uk/resources/search/?fwp_keyword=sustainability
International Mother Earth Day:http://globaldimension.org.uk/calendar/event/5526
Taking Care of Earth Together: A unit that allows students to explore pressing issues that relate to our shared responsibility to care for the environment for future generations. The unit uses the picture book The Tomorrow Book by Jackie French http://globalwords.edu.au/units/Sustainability_JPY3_4_html/index.html
Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future - Values Education: http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/mods/theme_d/mod22.html?panel=1#top
Educating for a Sustainable Future: http://www.environment.gov.au/sustainability/education/publications/educating-sustainable-future
Adapt NSW: Dep of Environment and Heritage Teacher Resources: http://climatechange.environment.nsw.gov.au/Education-resources/Teacher-resources
World Environment Day: http://www.unep.org/WED/
United Nations Environment Programme: http://www.unep.org/

Enviroweek: http://www.enviroweek.org/enviroweek-action/?p=primary
Keep Australia Beautiful Week 24th August to 30th August 2015: http://kab.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week/
Conservation Mashups: http://wild.zoo.org.au/mashups/#/dontpalmusoff/highlights
Virtual Farm Visit: http://www.target100.com.au/Hungry-for-Info/Education/Virtual-Farm-Visit
Australian Education Association of Environmental Education: http://www.aaee.org.au/?s=earth

Recycling

A School's History of Sustainability: A video created by students of North Fitzro Primary School: http://splash.abc.net.au/home?WT.tsrc=Email&WT.mc_id=Innovation_Innovation-Splash|Primary_email|20151104#!/media/153166/a-school-s-history-of-sustainability
Teaching Recycling Resources: http://splash.abc.net.au/home?WT.tsrc=Email&WT.mc_id=Innovation_Innovation-Splash|Primary_email|20151104#!/topic/495996/recycling
National Recycling Week- November: http://schoolsrecycle.planetark.org/

Energy

Coal Seam Gas social impact assessment: an anthropological view. Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKrzUw56VHM
Energy: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainableschools/teach/energy.htm

Biodiversity

Extinction with David Attenborough: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/extinction-with-david-attenborough
Insects All Around Us:http://insectsallaroundus.weebly.com/
Life Cycle Flash Cards: http://www.coolaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Life-cycle-flashcards.pdf
World Wildlife Day: http://www.wildlifeday.org/
International Orangutan Day 19 August and resources to acknowledge issues related to survival of orangutans. Cool Australia Sustainable Palm Oil Unit
Elephants Never Forget: http://www.ifaw.org/australia/our-work/education/elephants-never-forget
National Tree Day: http://treeday.planetark.org/

Picture books that could be used in teaching about environment and sustainability

' Bilby Secrets' by Edell Wignell, discusses the endangered bilby;
' One Small Island' by Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch, is about the struggle of modern day scientists to restore Macquarie Island to its before whaling, presettlement state;
' Flood' by Jackie French, is about the natural disaster of flood;
'The Dream of a Thylacine' by Margaret Wild is about the Tasmanian Tiger which became extinct in the 1930's.
' Why I love Australia, by Bronwyn Bancroft recommended for 2-7 years
Rusty loses his Loop, by Josie and Matthew Wright-Simon recommended for 4-7 years
Welcome to Country by Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy: https://www.booktopia.com.au/welcome-to-country-joy-murphy/prod9781922244871.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiqTNBRDVARIsAGsd9MowQQdywLRGuOr_6oJr9enimJdXR0aTdPjt4xVBdZtov7HyWQ4ZjlkaAtw1EALw_wcB
The Tomorrow Book by Jackie French: http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780732289409/#sm.0000uoiyld7n1e99y3h1uxyarnvve

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