South Australia

Society and Environment curriculum framework

Student outcomes and links to relevant activities

Pest Tales links directly to the following curriculum standard and is designed for primary students, specifically grades 5 and 6.

Standard 3	Society and Environment
Strand	Learning outcomes		Indicators examples of evidence include that the student:	Lesson plan
Time, continuity and change	3.2	Researches and discusses the importance of understanding events and ways of life of some past periods, using primary and secondary sources.	views, evaluates and reports on relevant issues relating to a chosen topic explores and evaluates written and other sources which assist in examination of the issue. Using evidence, they justify relevance for today and, where possible, make predictions for the future presents their research to others, focusing on the significance of, and different perspectives given on, the issue in various sources	Feral or friend? Pest power The pest project Food for thought Unwelcome visitor Something fishy Magpie madness Trap a toad
Place, space and environment	3.4	Identifies and describes significant resources, explains the threats which endanger them, and suggest strategies to combat threats.	determines a relevant resource issue to study (eg a water catchment, soil erosion, mining of a resource, forestry) through local fieldwork or other research, individually or in groups or teams identifies the dimensions of the issue, including problems, how they impinge on people and other living and non-living things, and how they are managed determines benefits and costs, and the interests that various groups have in combating or perpetuating a problem	Feral or friend? The pest project Pests in the school yard Something fishy Magpie madness
	3.5	Interprets and represents data about natural and built environments, resources, systems and interactions, both global and local, using maps, graphs and texts.	identifies and reports some ways in which people interact with environments examines the implications of interrupting or changing interactions and relationships in natural and local environments, using relevant Australian or global examples selects and uses suitable media and modes of presentation (eg diagrams, maps, photographs, online resources) to illustrate and present researched information (eg to describe the ways in which people are a part of the water cycle and dependent upon water as a resource)	Feral or friend? Pest power The pest project Food for thought Unwelcome visitor Something fishy Magpie madness Trap a toad
	3.6	Identifies factors affecting an environmental issue, and reports on ways to act for sustainable futures.	examines hazards, both natural and those caused by people, and develops questions that can be researched to analyse their impact on environmental systems recognises and describes strategies practised by governments, and various people or groups including Indigenous peoples, around the world to sustain local/global environments	The pest project Food for thought Unwelcome visitor Something fishy Magpie madness Trap a toad