Tuning In

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This introductory module is designed to hook student engagement and activate prior learning.

Teachers use a series of simple but powerful provocations that encourage students to tune into their existing knowledge, attitudes and values and make their current ways of seeing, thinking and feeling visible and audible. This enables teachers to gain valuable insight into what their students are bringing to this study of bushfire hazards and risks. It also provides an important reference point for students as they progress through their journey of inquiry.

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	1: Bushfire Safety (pptx 181.8KB) Students examine the concept of ‘bushfire safety’ and complete a KWL chart to represent what they know and what they want to know about this topic. Students then consider how people might react to a potential bushfire threat, and they use empathy maps to describe what people might think ...
	2: Our Role in Bushfire Safety (pptx 350.2KB) Students discuss the importance of community involvement in bushfire safety and consider to the degree to which members of their own community, including children, are playing a role. Students then watch and discuss a video about Tilly Smith and reflect on their own role in bushfire safety in their ...
	3: Learning Journal (pptx 1.2MB) Students create a learning journal they will use to record their learning throughout the unit. They record their first entry by responding to prompts related to key ideas covered in this module.