Mathematics +

Sustainability= Solving the

Problem

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CERES Education team

Mathematics +

Sustainability= Solving the

Problem

Notes from today will be emailed to you.

Thank you

Before we start…

Housekeeping

Meet your host school

1.AusVELS and hands-on fun

2.Linking with ResourceSmart modules

* Afternoon tea *4. Cool Australia audit experience5. Sharing our wisdom6. Wrap-up

Education for

Sustainability

a.k.a. EfS

Different Types of Learning Experiences

Green Skills and Ecological Intelligence

Connecting With Community

in about for

Sustainability isnot ‘stand

alone’.

It is not just a lunchtime activity.

The priority of sustainability provides

rich, engaging and authentic contexts for developing students’

abilities.

Source: http://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Mathematics/Overview/Cross-curriculum-priorities

Problem solving and reasoning

Measure and monitor change in social, economic and ecological systems

Prediction of probable futures and inform actions that will lead to preferred futures

Foundation:“Students identify measurement attributes in practical situations and compare lengths, masses and capacities of familiar objects”.

Level 10:Solve problems involving surface area and volume of right pyramids, right cones, spheres and related composite solids

Waste Timeline

and

History of the Yarra River

Best maths and

sustainability lesson?

Opportunities for maths

and sustainability?

Why should we

audit stuff?

Reducing paper

Baseline Resource Use

Baseline Cost

Other Observations

Evaluateand

Present

Engage School

Action

Action

Mascot

In your hands.

Measure outcomes

What would be

the benefits of

this Maths project?

http://sustainability.ceres.org.au/project/warburton-primary-school-transport-audit/

How we get to school

CarBikeWalkBus

Yarra Valley Water video – ‘What does your shower mean to you?’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U00U6mu6bME

http://www.coolaustralia.org/

Find direct links to the audits by clicking on the

icons below

Decide group roles:

- Time keeper- Photographer

Bringing it all together• What strands of maths are covered by your

audit?Think: Number and algebra / Measurement and Geometry / Statistics and probability

• What specific maths skills do students need?• How could you actually do this audit at school?

Think: class / topics / timing / issues to consider / expert advice needed (community partnerships)

• Where could your students take their learning, eg. projects / action to take?

http://www.resourcesmartschools.vic.gov.au/

http://sustainability.ceres.org.au(note: no ‘www.’)

www.coolaustralia.org

What did you find

most interestin

g?

How do you feel about

integrating

sustainability and maths?

What is

one

activity

that you

can take

back to do

at school?

Ally Borgelt and Kirsty CostaCERES Community Environment Park

Email: kirsty@ or ally@ceres.org.auPH: 9389 0133(CERES Education is also on Facebookand Twitter)

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