Year 7 Environment Program
Common Unit
Overview
This program aims to foster student's interest, knowledge, and commitment to caring for and protecting our natural environment. With a focus on developing innovative solutions to environmental issues, students spend two days of the program on school campus, undertaking investigations and research about their chosen environment and three days/two nights immersed in their chosen environment undertaking experiential fieldwork.
The environments that students can choose to investigate include the following;
- Coasts
- Forests
- Islands
- Mountains
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This program integrates the students’ studies in science and geography to broaden their understanding of sustainability by helping them to build on their knowledge through real-world experiences. By enhancing students critical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, they can work towards finding tangible solutions for environmental dilemmas. They will do this by;
- thinking about how we can address our current and future environmental challenges by incorporating First Australian knowledge and experiences of how to care for Country.
- considering community organisations perspectives and current research
- taking action and advocate to create a sustainable future
- understanding how human health and wellbeing are intimately linked to the state of the environment
Assessment
Activities include research, visual art projects in response to the environment, creative writing, map making and scientific observation and experiments. While the Enviro program is not formally assessed, students maintain a detailed record of their work and are encouraged to reflect upon their learning and their place in the world.
