Learning Phases

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Phase 1: What do we already know and understand?

Circle of life can be beautiful. Student artefact (2024)

Creatively reflect on and express individual and class understandings of the environment, sustainability, and the future.

Phase 2: What’s in our own backyard?

Caring for coastlines. Wadawurrung Country. Photo credit: Raphael (2024)

Spend time outside connecting and interacting with nature. Appreciate and learn from First Nations knowledges and practices.

Phase 3: What’s a museum of the future?

Artefacts of the Future exhibition. Photo credit: Raphael (2024)

Investigate historical, geographic, political, economic, social, and environmental factors and relationships as you delve into the idea of a museum of the future.

Phase 4: How do we imagine the future?

Vision of the future. Photo credit: ResourceSmart Schools Awards (2024)

Work collaboratively and creatively to generate ideas for sustainable futures.

Phase 5: What artefacts will represent the future?

Evolution of cars. Student artefact (2024)

Plan, produce, and evaluate an artefact of the future and communicate ideas through interpretive materials.