Regenerating Australia - Watching the film (7&8)

In this lesson, students will understand the concept of ‘regeneration’ and its impact on our communities and ecosystems. The teacher will activate children’s prior knowledge on the topic in a vocabulary matching game, prompt their critical thinking skills using the 5Ws, and invite students to develop questions about the concept of regeneration. They will view “Regenerating Australia”, then return to their questions and summarise the key themes. Students will be invited to explore their school with an open mind and capture spaces that could benefit from regeneration. 

Learning intentions:

Students will...

• understand the concept of ‘regeneration’.
• understand that regeneration is something that we can do for our communities and ecosystems.

Success criteria:

Students can...

• explain what the concept of ‘regeneration’ means to them.
• describe an example of regeneration.
• identify something in their own lives that they believe would benefit from regeneration.

Credits and acknowledgements:

Curriculum material and mapping has been developed and written by Cool.org.

Regenerating Australia is a Regen Studios film developed and produced in association with WWF-Australia. Cool.org and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Shark Island Foundation, Documentary Australia Foundation, and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.