Description
Turn water and natural hazards from a textbook diagram into something your students can walk through.
In this VR-integrated unit, students begin as explorers of real 360° water systems and hazard-affected landscapes, and finish as planners, coding an interactive hazard-response scenario and pitching a water security or hazard-mitigation recommendation tied to a UN Sustainable Development Goal. It’s science, geography, digital creation and community resilience in one arc.
Built as a deliberate “consume → create” gradient: each lesson hands students a little more of the making, so by the capstone they’re building and presenting a hazard-response plan they designed themselves.
Students will:
- Explain the water cycle and identify the causes of water-related hazards (flood, drought, cyclone)
- Investigate global and local water security challenges and their human impact
- Analyse how communities prepare for and respond to natural hazards
- Build an interactive hazard-response scenario in Delightex using drag-and-drop CoBlocks coding
- Pitch a water security or resilience recommendation linked to a specific SDG target
What makes it different:
- Real 360° / VR immersion: actual water systems and hazard-affected environments, not clip-art
- Students create, not just consume: a genuine build capstone, not another worksheet
- Cross-curricular: works for both Science and Geography teachers
- SDG-linked: a global-citizenship thread that lifts it beyond content coverage
- No headset required: runs in-browser on Chromebooks and tablets; VR is an optional enhancement
What’s included (4 print-ready PDFs):
- Teacher Guide: 5 fully scripted, timed lessons with curriculum alignment and differentiation
- Student Workbook: printable worksheets for every lesson plus an SDG reference card
- Assessment Rubric: 6 criteria × 4 levels, with student self-assessment
- Delightex Quick-Start & CoBlocks cheat-sheet: so any teacher can run the tech confidently
Australian Curriculum V9 alignment:
- Year 7 Geography: AC9HG7K01, AC9HG7K02, AC9HG7K03, AC9HG7K04
- Year 7 Science: AC9S7U05
Technology: Uses Delightex (formerly CoSpaces Edu) accounts, browser-based, GDPR/COPPA/FERPA compliant. Full setup guidance included.
Try before you buy: Download the free Lesson 1 sample to teach a complete lesson with your class first.
Teaching this across a whole year level? Ask about a school licence.
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