Earth Hour

Students will:

• Learn about the sustainable use and management of renewable and non-renewable resources, including the custodial responsibility First Nations Australians have for Country/Place (AC9HS4K06).
• Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions (AC9S5H02).
• Learn about how citizens (members of communities) with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal (AC9HS5K07).
• Learn about the human-induced changes that challenge the sustainability of places and environments (AC9HG10K01).
• Use models of energy flow between the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere to explain patterns of global climate change (AC9S10U04).
• Analyse the key factors that contribute to science knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society (AC9S10H03).

Students can:

• Propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects (AC9HS6S06).
• Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate (AC9S5I06).
• Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats (AC9HS6S02).
• Write and create texts to communicate ideas, findings and arguments effectively for identified purposes and audiences, including selection of appropriate content, language and text features (AC9S10I08).
• Develop and evaluate strategies, using environmental, economic or social criteria; recommend a strategy and explain the predicted impacts (AC9HG10S05).
• Collect, represent and compare data and information from primary research methods, including fieldwork and secondary research materials (AC9HG10S02).