To successfully complete the following project assessment, please ensure to read through the project outcomes and checklist below.
Learning Outcomes:
During this project, we are learning to:
Understand how air, water, land and living things work together to support life at our school.
Investigate how Australia's changing climate can affect people, plants and animals.
Ask questions, collect evidence and use our observations to solve a real-world problem.
Design, build and improve a solution that helps make our school more climate-ready.
Work together to share ideas, solve problems and communicate our thinking.
Success Criteria:
By the end of this project, I can:
Identify a climate-related problem in one area of my school.
Explain how heat and shade (atmosphere), water and movement (hydrosphere), and living things (biosphere) influenced my design.
Use observations, research and evidence to make informed design decisions.
Develop a creative solution that helps people, plants and animals.
Build a prototype that clearly communicates my design idea.
Clearly explain and present my design proposal using scientific and genre-specific terminology and evidence.
Work respectfully with my team to complete the project.
Downloadable Document
You and your group will need the following Climate Design Portfolio throughout your design process. This document will help your group record your ideas, research, drawings and feedback as you work through the project. It will guide you step-by-step from investigating the problem to designing and improving your solution.
Final Submission Instructions
Groups will submit:
A physical or digital prototype/model of their design.
A design proposal (poster, infographic, slideshow or booklet) explaining:
the problem they identified
their research and evidence
how their design works
how it supports Earth's systems and living things
A short oral presentation to the class.
Final Design Submission:
Peer Feedback Form:
Sharing your ideas with others is an important part of the design process. Work with another group to give kind, specific and helpful feedback about their prototype. Listen carefully to their explanation, ask questions, and think about how their design helps make the school more climate-ready.
Remember to:
Be respectful and encouraging.
Tell the group what is working well.
Suggest one or two ideas that could make their design even better.
Use evidence from the project when giving your feedback.