Section outline

  • Kia ora...students and welcome to term 2, week21. I hope everyone is feeling great and are ready to continue our learning UN Sustainable Goals. With this idea, we will focus on How these goals relate to Auckland.

    UN GOALS

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • an understanding of the UN sustainable goals
    • I have applied these to Auckland and surrounding regions
    • Recapped vocabulary that links with environmental issues and sustainability
    • an understanding of the map of New Zealand and Auckland .

    Activities:Use Padlet to document tasks. Video or chart to document project.

    1. Recap on vocabulary that links with environmental problems eg environmental, pollution, climate change, carbon emissions, seal level rise, acid rain, environmental protection, sustainability.
    2. Read and understand map of NZ. look for key cities. read and understand map of Auckland. Look for various land uses and residential areas.
    3. Read and interpret meaning to UN sustainable goals. how does any of these goals link to NZ and specifically to Auckland.
    4. Watch UN Sustainable Goals: 
    5. JP Bervoets, Vice President, Community Foundations of Canada, provides a high-level overview as to what the UN SDGs are and ...

      The Sustainable Development Goals: 17 Goals to Transform Our World
    In September 2015 the United Nations made history - 193 member states unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development ...
  • Watch video below. What are your views.
    The report also points out that, layered over all of this is climate change. It will not only have an impact on all of ...
    18/04/2019
  • Discuss if there are any environmental problems that exist in NZ and specifically to Auckland. Who maybe responsible for these issues?
  • 4 Week Project: Class divided into teams of 5. Each team to choose a region in Auckland or New Zealand . Research what environmental problem your chosen area is experiencing. At this stage you are discovering the location and possible problem. For your research Follow the template: Introduction, key City  and Council eg Auckland City or Wellington City council, definitions related to study, identify the problem: causes and reasons, who is responsible, what impacts occurred as a result, current measures  that address this issue eg Laws or policies, what actions have been take by the local community- how have they responded to the problem, What sustainable ideas do you propose to reduce or resolve  this issue.
  • See White board on environmental issues that affc et Auckland: auckland 1
  • Homework:
    Write here...


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING...CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS that link with sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING...what are the 17 UN sustainable Goals and how these link with NZ
    • We are EXPLORING...the various environmental issues that are found in NZ