Year level: 4-12
Group size: per cabin
Duration: length of camp
Details of activity
Incorporated in each residential camp, students explore practical strategies to manage water and energy use in cabins.
The emphasis is on sustainability and the need for cooperation, respect and responsibility are also emphasized in this competition. Individual cabin results and sustainability discussions begin each day’s activities.
- Biodiversity
- Sustainability and human impacts on the environment
- Ecosystems and ecologies
- History
Learning intent
Sustainability
- Assess the sustainability of lifestyle choices with respect to resource use and waste minimisation.
- Read energy and water meters to measure and minimise our use of these resources.
Personal and social capability
- Contribute to groups and teams.
- Encouraging others and negotiating roles.
- Working as part of a team.
- Communicate, cooperate and present as a small group.
Critical and creative thinking
- Inquiring, identifying and exploring and organising information and ideas.
- Generating ideas, possibilities and actions.
- Reflecting on thinking and processes.
- Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures.