Central Idea: Sustainable living allows living things to have their current needs met and ensure that future generations will also be able to meet their needs.

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Guiding Questions: • Should sustainability be enforced? • What different perspectives are there about sustainable

living? • Why are non-sustainable practices continuing? • What are there positive or negative consequences of living

sustainably?

PYP Elements

Concepts Causation: What are the consequences of human activities on natural environments?

Perspective: What are the different points of view about sustainability?

Responsibility: What responsibilities do we have when making use of natural areas?

Related concepts: conservation, protection

Skills

Research skills –

Students develop primary research skills through observation of natural environments. They collect, record and organise this information.

Learner Profile

Knowledgeable: Students establish their knowledge of systems of classification. The also learn more about the connections between living things, and how humans impact on environments. Open-minded: Consider different perspectives on environmental use.

Principled: Making decisions about caring for and being responsible for the environment

Outcomes to be reported on in the context of the written report:

Social Studies• Explain how human activity has affected the natural

environment • Demonstrate an understanding that people have

different perspectives about environmental use Science•Describe some of the interactions that occur between

living things e.g. food web

Lines of Inquiry

• Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment.

• Ways of living more sustainably can take many forms.

• Sustainable development requires that we see the world as a system- comprising of environment, social and economic elements.

How can I help my child?

Talk with your child about natural areas in your home country, and why you think these areas are maintained.

Visit natural areas around Vienna with your child. What forms of life can be found here? How might they be connected to one another?

What does sustainability mean to you? What practices do you have that may promote sustainability?