EDM8012 Sustainability Learning Activity.pptx

Video & Audio presentation for EDM8012 portfolio.

1. Importance of Sustainability Year 7 Agriculture

2. What is Sustainability?

3. What is Sustainability? Click on the link to enter the padlet . https://padlet.com/ Key questions: Why is sustainability important in Agriculture? What are some examples? What problems do unsustainable practices cause? Contribute to padlet digital board.

4. Growing Need for Water

5. Great Artesian Basin

6. Cornucopia You will Learn: To evaluate and compare the water and resource needs of different crops and animals. Identify how variable rainfall and drought affect production limitations. Investigate how new technologies impact water use. (CALA, n.d.)

7. Cornucopia Click on the link to access the cornucopia page https://www.calacademy.org/cornucopia Individually or in pairs try to fill as many orders as you can without running out of water. Earn new technology with every order you complete.

8. What did you learn? Answer these questions on padlet https://padlet.com/ Why is it important for agriculture to be sustainable? How does water supply impact on a farm's productivity?

9. References References ACARA. (n.d.).  F-10 curriculum . V9 Australian Curriculum.  https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/learning-areas/science/year-7 Australian Environmental Education (AEE). (2023, April 27).  Great artesian basin is the largest artesian basin in the world . Australian Environmental Education.  https://www.australianenvironmentaleducation.com.au/education-resources/great-artesian-basin/ CALA. (n.d.).  Cornucopia . California Academy of Sciences.  https://www.calacademy.org/cornucopia