Back to search results
Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

Learning objects Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

TLF ID M020885

This thermal comfort learning resource will guide students through an extended school based investigation. Students will develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

View resource


Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource uses the five-step sustainability action process to engage students in an authentic hands-on investigation within their school context. The investigation process addresses the Australian cross-curriculum priority of sustainability.
Year level

7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Technologies Abstract art Motion Safety Occupations (Work) Sound Creating texts Engineering Decision making Tools Environmental management Medicine Environmental sustainability Sustainable development Deductive reasoning Word meanings Accuracy and precision Technical drawing Data processing Design Manufacturing processes Maps (Geographic location) Potential energy Values (Psychology) Ethics Sampling bias Data analysis Hydroplanes Data representation Energy efficient design Materials Planning Data collection Computer graphics Reasoning Critical thinking Energy conversion Experiments Sharing (Cooperation) Discussions (Texts) Electromagnetic radiation Fibres (Materials) Innovation Evidence Observations (Data) Design briefs Designers Instrumentation (Technology) Kinetic energy Procedures Environmental impact Work health and safety Energy resources Electricity Electromagnetism Power generation Enterprise (Behaviour) Self-evaluation Evaluation Scientific control Fieldwork Heat Mechanical energy Geographical information systems Inquiry-based learning Social influence Test validity Causality Referencing Discovery (Observations) Paradigms Peer review Replication (Experiments) Independence (Experiments) Reliability Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Research questions Modelling
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • Geography
  • Science
  • Design and technologies
  • Technologies

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.