Natural Environments

Through the activities in this resource, students acquire an appreciation of the distinctive visual and auditory features of different natural environments.

Strand: ESF1.1 Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Learning Time: 8-10 minutes

Save our oceans!

This resource introduces students to four endangered marine species and asks them to consider how we can save these animals from extinction.

Strand: ESF1.2 Impacts of Human Activities
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes

Energy is everywhere!

In this resource, students identify four different types of energy. They reflect on the environment around them and observe energy in use.

Strand: ESF2.1 Energy and The Environment
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes

Clean Energy

This resource can be used to help students understand the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources.

Strand: ESF2.2 Clean and Renewable Energy
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

This resource introduces the sustainability concepts of reducing, reusing, and recycling and prompts students to question what they could reduce, reuse, or recycle in the future.

Strand: ESF3.1 Earth’s Natural Resources
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes

What are the Effects?

Students are introduced to the concept of climate change. They examine the effects of climate change and consider their implications.

Strand: ESF3.2 Climate Change
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes

Urban or Rural?

The activities within this resource aim to familiarise students with the sounds and features of rural and urban environments.

Strand: ESF4.1 Sustainable Infrastructure
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes

Is it Sustainable?

Teachers can use this resource to introduce the concept of something being environmentally sustainable. The main activity challenges students to identify sustainable and unsustainable human actions.

Strand: ESF4.2 Sustainable Industries
Learning Time: 5-8 minutes