Lesson Plans

This unit; ‘Anything but a Stick’ is based around the affordances of a stick and learning opportunities associated with natural loose parts found on your site.

In this unit, students explore their outdoor classroom and natural environments with an opportunity for an integrated STEM approach to teaching and learning.

Consolidate students understanding of shape and angles, using natural materials and their bodies.

Use the local school environment to explore the concept of mapping.

Lesson Plan 8. Develop an understanding of standard units and the concept of a unit of measurement.

Be inspired by our party game and beautiful scavenger hunt printable in the first of our members ‘Celebrate’ downloads.

Be inspired. A great way of using sticks to understand fractions.

Lesson 9. Form a persuasive argument from the perspective of Stick Man to save his house and home.

Lesson 4. Creating poetry and similes based on the attributes of a stick and feature them in an outdoor art installation.

Lesson 1. A Tuning in activity to introduce an outdoor learning environment.

An introduction to Geocaching on your site. A great way to introduce concepts of longitude and latitude.

A provocation or introductory lesson to learn about terrain and features of a natural environment.

Using a stick to develop a personal Totem Pole to reflect personal story and history. A great tool to develop relationships at the start of the year.

Lesson 3. Develop Oral Language skills through the use of a ‘talking stick’ and explore the history of talking sticks.

Lesson 6. Explore ways to use sticks and twigs to demonstrate principles of balance; a STEM integrated challenge.

Lesson 5. Explore ways to join sticks together and look at properties of knots and fastening using design and engineering solutions.

Lesson 7. Explore ways to use loose parts to demonstrate principles of balance; a STEM integrated challenge.

Lesson 10. Use sticks to create a picture frame and nature to inspire the detail.

Plan and design a talking feather stick in this STEAM inspired team challenge.

Explore and make shadows with sticks to explore concepts of light and energy.

A STEM inquiry and solution-based challenge for students to build an acorn catapult.

A STEM inspired tower building challenge.

Build a cubby using some of the natural features of your school environment.

A unit of work that looks at declining biodiversity and investigating the health of the environment.

An an investigation that encourages students to make connections between their real world experiences and the impact their decisions have on our nation’s sustainability.

A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to water for 7-10 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources.

This curriculum resource identifies various lesson plans and connections to water for 3-6 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources.

A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to biodiversity for F-2 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources.

A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to biodiversity for 4-6 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources.

A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to biodiversity for 7-10 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources.

A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to water for 7-10 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources.

This document from Western Australia is a powerful resource for linking curriculum, outcomes and capabilities to Nature Play/Pedagogy from Early Years up to and including Year 6.