Water conservation
Inspire your students to learn about, and connect with, their local waterways and marine ecosystems.
1hr 30mins
Learning about our local waterways
Inspire your students to learn about their local waterways and marine ecosystems, and how young people can play a role in conservation.
3hrs 20mins
The Oyster Gardener Media Arts
Teach your students how codes and conventions are used in the documentary The Oyster Gardener, and inspire them to learn about the environmental issues in their local area, and how to plan and produce an informative media arts production about it.
4hrs
The Oyster Gardener Media Studies
Engage your students in the film production process by watching the short documentary 'The Oyster Gardener'; a film about a Year 12 student and aspiring marine biologist, Jolie, who becomes involved in an oyster reef restoration project in her local river. Your students will also learn about how sustainability impacts all areas of productions.
1hr 30mins
The Oyster Gardener Geography (Primary)
Students will explore why water environments so important to people and this influences how they are managed. Invite your students to consider local environments that are important to themselves and compare them with Jolie’s experiences in the film.
1hr 30mins
The Oyster Gardener Geography (Secondary)
Students will explore how water environments can be managed sustainably to preserve their economic, cultural, spiritual, and aesthetic value.
2hrs
The land where I live: Flora and fauna explorations (7&8)
Engage your students with regeneration by teaching them about their local area.
2hrs 30mins
The importance of planting native plants
Engage students with native planting with an experiment to investigate water loss from different plants.
4hrs
Rachel's Farm for community groups
Start conversations with your community about the principles and practice of regenerative farming and help farmers future proof their farming business. The activities can also be easily applied to smaller scale community groups who have gardens.
4hrs
Rachel's Farm for tertiary
Provide tertiary, Ag college and TAFE students with a valuable Australian case study that provides an entry into the principles of regenerative agriculture and the importance of biodiversity, soil health and our food system. This case study is a useful sample that can be investigated and applied to research assignments.
4hrs
Rachel's Farm (Secondary years 7-12)
Rachel’s Farm offers an exciting opportunity to engage students in learning about solutions to climate change, the importance of biodiversity, soil health, regenerative agriculture, farming, health and our food system - and the links between them all!
1hr 38mins
Food security and urban farming (UK)
In this lesson, students will be immersed in, and connect with, the documentary film 2040, focusing on the topics of food security and urban agriculture. Students will explore the concept of food security by participating in a guided discussion around a food security video clip. They then explore the practice of urban farming as one solution to current and future food security challenges. Students will identify a potential site for an urban farm in their area, creating a proposal for this project to share with the class.
1hr 40mins
Finding out about food (UK)
In this lesson, students will be immersed in and connect with the documentary film 2040, focusing on the topic of food. Students begin by thinking about where our food comes from, and then work in groups to explore some of the big issues relating to food, including waste, packaging, transport, farming, and healthy eating. Students undertake research into a big issue and then explore some of the solutions to these big issues, sharing what they have learnt through a presentation.
