Curriculum+Framework

 As a result of following this unit students will be able to achieve the following standards set by the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority: - Students develop their awareness of different environmental issues - Students participate in various activities that develop their awareness of environmental issues. - Students explore how natural factors can and do affect their lives. - Students explore how human activities can and do affect their lives. - Students develop basic narratives that link events in their own experience (VELS).
 * Victorian Essential Learning Standards **

Once the students have met the above mentioned standards, set by the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority, students will be competent with the following: - Students will be able to describe how people use and affect different environments. - Students will be able to understand environmental differences, locally and in other parts of Australia and why these differences exist. - Students will be able to draw simple maps and plans of familiar environments. - Students will be able to describe how aspects of places in their local area have changed over time. - Students will be able to describe, through observation, the human and physical characteristics of their local area and other parts. - Students will be able to research, collect, record and describe data obtained through field study surveys and measurements to form conclusions about the use of resources. - Students will be able to identify areas on a simple map (VELS).