It’s Only Natural E-Lesson
Do your students seem bored?
Dis-connected?
Need to awaken them and raise their natural curiosity?
Here lies an online resource that will help exactly that!
With an action packed 25 minute award winning documentary, enlightening short films and insightful 13 page study guide – it is truly a resource that they can connect to and enjoy.
This resource contains enough material for a few lesson plans or could even easily run as an extended program for a longer period.
Recommended for Year 7 and above. Links to curriculum 7-12
Read on…..
“When you go out there, you don’t get away from it all. You get back to it all. You come home to what’s important. You come home to yourself.”
Peter Dombrovskis
More than ever, getting out into nature (especially for our youth) is becoming more and more important. It is claimed that we are the most dis-connected generation ever in our existence. At the same time, depression, anxiety, dis-contentness etc has all risen. There is a strong correlation here. It is time for a change. A change for the better. If we going to save our planet and our environment, then we must also save an endangered species – ourselves – and our connection to nature.
This study guide is an enlightening and interactive resource that helps inspire your students connection to nature. Based around a feature connection to nature documentary ‘It’s Only Natural’, it provokes not only a sense of curiosity but an awareness to question and consider the role of nature in our lives. Students are taken on a journey on how nature played a major role in the healing of three men’s spirit and the realisations made. There is white water action. There is a stirring and personal story line. There is breath-taking footage. There is the untamed and splendour of the Tasmanian wilderness. There is also Bob Brown, one of the world’s foremost environmental crusaders, doing exclusive interviews and narration for this documentary.
Here is a snippet of what Bob Brown says in the film:
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Unite Bob Brown’s message with our storyline by watching the Documentary preview below
More specifically, the Study Guide has themes and discussions on:
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Concepts of nature and wilderness
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Personal experiences and reflections about nature and wilderness
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How connected to nature and wilderness are you?
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Discussions on film themes, message, issues and story lines
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Society’s nature connection (or lack of)
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Research and scientific studies conducted on nature connection
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Nature Conservation: The Lake Pedder and Franklin River Environmental campaigns
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Energy production Vs conservation
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Formation of the Wilderness Society
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How Australians subsequently viewed nature
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Have a virtual look at the Study Guide below:
Study Guide Contents:
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13 page colour interactive Study Guide with theory and discussions
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Teachers Guide with further information
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Links to Exclusive Resources:
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‘It’s Only Natural’ Feature preview and Documentary
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Two Bob Brown Interviews
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Lake Pedder and Franklin river extension activity
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Full feature written story of the documentary
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Nature RX short film and discussion
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Connection to Nature Scale exercise