Manufacturing & Production: Tree Faller
What's
that tree? A school tree audit
Making
Paper
Where
the old things are: Australia's most ancient trees - a research project
Farmers
and trees on their property
What's
that tree? A school tree audit
Primary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. Your Principal has to know about the trees on your school site for a WHS inspection.
You are to create a tree audit which includes:
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the number of trees on the school site and any special features of each tree [trunk shape, flowers, bark feel, a sample of the bark]
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the type of trees - an identification of each tree [if possible]. See resource below to help you.
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the height of the trees - see the resource below to help you with this task.
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the circumference of each tree
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a map of the school site and the position of each of the trees. Don't forget to add a compass bearing showing North and West.
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a photo of each tree
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the history of the tree [if possible] including its Aboriginal and Torres Strait history
2. In groups
of 4 - 5 students, select which task your group is going to do from the
list above.
Create a table with all the requirements and then you can put the
answers from all the groups into
an Excel table.
3. Resources to help you:
Types of Trees
Gardening Australia: Trees and Shrubs
Height of Trees
YouTube: How to measure the height
of a tree
https://youtu.be/cDy5OjfMfZ8
4 Ways to
measure the height of a tree: WikiHow
4. Compile your findings into a folder for the school inspection.
Primary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
1. In this messy and creative activity, you are going to create paper to then create cards for different occasions for your family. It will require patience and a lot of experimenting.
2. You are going to watch this simple video to get the idea of what to do.
How to Make Paper (out of
recycled paper)
https://youtu.be/RR_218EtLJU
3. Next you are going to begin
by following the "recipe" from
WikiHow
4. Once you have dried and produced your paper, you need to think about who this paper is going to be gifted to and for what occasion. You are to create a poem or a letter for your special paper.
Create your card or letter and show it to your teacher for display and then real gifting (giving it to the person you intended it for).
Where
the old things are: Australia's most ancient trees - a research project
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. In pairs, you are to
read the following article from
The Conversation 18 April 2017 and using
Voki create an animation about the content that younger students
will be inspired to protect our Australian
ancient trees.
2. List all the facts that you both want to use to educate younger students about Australia's ancient trees.
3. Select the character in Voki that you think these younger students would enjoy.
4. Create a script for one of you to read out loud into Voki. Make sure the script is educational.
5. The other partner is to create music or sounds to go with the script.
6. Present your Voki to the class and then if good enough, ask for it to be shown in an assembly.
7.
Reflection.
What did you learn during this project?
How well did you work with your partner?
Who did most of the work? Why?
What did you learn about yourself during this project - your creativity? your knowledge base? your presentation skills? your cooperation with your partner?
Farmers
and trees on their property
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, you
are to read the following articles
The Conversation 16 April 2025
ABC Rural News 11 July 2017 |
ABC Rural News 18 March 2018 |
ABC Rural News 8 June 2017 |
2. Divide the group up into the following stances: [self select which stance you would like to undertake or flip a coin!]
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farmer 1 - they have created a wildlife corridor
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farmer 2 - concerned about not been able to cut down trees
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environmentalist
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government employee
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Indigenous Elder
3. Re-read the articles to gain evidence of your stance. You are to take on this role seriously as if you were responsible for all the farmers, or environmentalists etc.
4. All the stances/roles get together in the classroom and discuss their responses to the big question. Eg. All the farmer 1s form a group to discuss; all the Indigenous Elders get together etc.
4.
Back in your original group and armed with the responses from your role, remain in your role /stance and discuss the following big question:
"Should farmers be able to cut down trees on their property regardless......?"
