Author: Dr Danielle Hradsky
Danielle is a drama/arts educator and researcher, gardener, and bushwalker. She is passionate about the power of the arts to create change in education, particularly in the areas of (re)conciliation, de/colonisation, and sustainability. Danielle lives and works on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations.
Year Level
Primary F-6
Secondary 7-10
Learning Areas
Drama
Science
Geography
Sustainability areas
Earth’s resources
Ecosystems
Futuring
Human impact
Species introduction/removal
Warm-up description
These warm-ups take classic Drama games and give them a sustainability twist. Each warm-up will take a minimum of 15 minutes, but could be stretched into an entire lesson.
Overfishing (Octopus) helps students understand impacts of private and commercial fishing, hunting and/or harvesting of wild animals and plants. You will engage with the sustainability concepts of systems, design, and futures.
Timeframe
15 minutes (minimum)
Resources
- A large open space (indoors or outdoors)
- Optional: Fishing rods/nets (or other hunting/harvesting tools) – soft balls, long pieces of cloth, etc.