How do we know that Curitiba is a
sustainable city?
Categorising ideas into relevant arguments that focus
on the relative strengths of each of the principles of
sustainability
Evaluative
skills
Key:
Concepts
Knowledge
Geographical
skills
Numeracy skills
Literacy skills
Investigate case study of sustainable development in
Curitiba (Mass transit scheme, recycling, urban
planning – local and city wide)
Map analysis of
location of
Curitiba within
Brazil
Recall routines
for describing
patterns on
maps
Numeracy
skills - %,
averages and
per 1000
Investigate the links between sustainability and
development
Teach the principles of
sustainability (economic,
social and environmental)
Teach how development
indicators can help us
understand how advanced
a country is in key areas
Key vocabulary: HDI, Gross
National Income, life
expectancy
Recall concept of
Development from
Year 5 terms 1 and 2
Teach the benefits and
drawbacks of renewable
versus non-renewable
energy
Recall concept of
sustainability from
Year 3
Graph analysis of energy
use
Recall routines
for describing
graphs
Key vocabulary: mass
transit, economic, social,
environmental, renewable/
non-renewable, fossil fuels
Zooming in: How this schema builds on prior learning of
sustainability
Teach the benefits and
drawbacks of renewable
versus non-renewable
energy
Recall concept of
sustainability from KS2
and Year 7
Develop an understanding
that sustainability can
operate on a range of
different scales (local,
regional, global)
Summer Y3: Exploring our
local area - recycling and
local sustainability
Spring Y3: Using the
world’s resources –
environmental
sustainability
From EYFS, students are taught to make
sustainable choices with resources such as food
Key:
Concepts
Knowledge
Geographical skills
Numeracy skills
Literacy skills
- these build into the
children’s schema to
further develop their
understanding of
sustainability as a concept
How can we make our local
area more sustainable?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
concepts applied to school
or local area
The use of resources varies
and creates different
ecofootprints that affect
sustainability