SUSTAINBLE COMMUNITIES

 

Details

Available: Term 1 - Term 4

Levels: 7-12

Sessions: Tuesday-Friday at 9:30am-10:45am, 11am-12:15pm or 1pm-2:15pm

Duration: 1.25 hours

Capacity: 50 students (minimum 20 students)

Cost: A $50 education service fee applies to each booking plus a cost per student (subsidised cost for schools with an ICSEA rating <1050). All prices are inclusive of GST.

Cost per student: $10 Subsidised cost per student: $5

Learn about what it takes to be sustainable, while competing in a game show. 

In a world of fake news, climate change and corporate greed, what will it take to shift our thinking to a more sustainable future? 

Inspired by emerging technology from around the world, students will deep dive into circular economies, biomimicry, urban farming, bio-hacking and more as they learn how to spot greenwashing and other eco-fads. Students will interrogate the idea of sustainability, what it takes to be truly sustainable and compete for prizes as they rapidly develop solutions to sustainable challenges in a game show format.  

Key Themes: design & engineering, sustainability, urban planning, collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, ethical considerations, interdisciplinary skills and problem solving.

  • Explore what makes something ‘sustainable’, and use their new knowledge to categorise and rate examples from around the world.

    Quickly develop and propose innovative sustainable solutions in response to rapid-fire questioning.

  • Critical and Creative Thinking

    Design and Technologies

    Ethical Capability

    Geography

    Science

 
 

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