When we draw what we notice, we create characters inspired by plants, or write stories about the natural world with empathy and understanding. Deepening observation skills and beginning to see nature as something that we are a part of, not just living alongside of.

These creative processes also support wellbeing by providing a calming, expressive outlet for thoughts and feelings, helping students build confidence, curiosity and a sense of belonging.

By blending nature with creativity, students can form lasting memories and a deeper appreciation for the environment which is shown to support both emotional wellbeing more pro-environmental behaviours as connection to nature increases.

Explore, create and advocate! Finding inspiration in nature’s sounds, colours and materials to create artworks 

Below is a list of links across a variety of curriculum areas that can be applied to these nature based learning experiences:

• Health and Physical Education

  • Making healthy and safe choices

  • Making active choices

  • Investigate different ways of moving their bodies

    
    

• The Arts

  • Explore make comparisons about how artists, including First Nations Australians, use their work to tell stories about different plants, animals and environment and connection to and responsibility for Country/Place

  • Developing skills using different mediums and art forms inspired by nature

  • Creating and making work that communicates idea and/or meaning around environmental issues and concepts

    
    

• Science

  • Inquiry Skills

  • Asking questions and making predictions

  • Planning and conducting investigations

  • Recording and representing observation

  • Biological Sciences

  • Living and non-living things

  • Life cycles (seeds, flowers, insects, birds)

  • Interactions between living things and their environment

    
    

• HASS (Geography)

  • Observing and describing natural features of places

  • Identifying how environments support living things

  • Considering how people interact with and care for environments

  • Interpreting, analysing and evaluating data

  • Communicating observations and pesenting descriptions

  • Developing evidence based conclusions

    
    

• Mathematics

  • Measurements

  • Modelling problems

  • Statistics

  • Patterns and symmetry

  • Data representation

  • Probability

    
    

• English

  • Topic specific vocabulary

  • Creating informative, reflective or emotive texts

    
    

• Design and Technologies

  • Food and fibre productions

  • Technologies and society

  • Investigation and defining

  • Investigating, generating and creating opportunities for designed solutions

  • Evaluation ideas, process and solutions

  • Collaborating and managing

    
    

• General Capabilities

  • Critical and Creative Thinking – asking questions and exploring ideas

  • Literacy – recording observations in journals

  • Numeracy – measuring, counting and identifying patterns and collecting data

  • Sustainability – understanding ecosystems and caring for environments

  • Personal and Social Capability – reflecting on wellbeing in nature