Conservation Teaching Resources
Explore conservation activities, worksheets and more teacher tools created by teachers just like you. Easily craft lesson plans focused around this core component of the Australian sustainability curriculum with curriculum-aligned resources designed with you — and your students — in mind.
From infographics about conserving water to worksheets about conserving animal habitats, this collection of teacher-created resources has been designed with you and your students in mind. Explore local and global conservation issues from inside the walls of your primary classroom!
New to teaching about conservation this school year or just looking for a refresher? Read on for some tips from our teacher team!
What Is Conservation? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Explaining the meaning of conservation is a good place to start a lesson on the topic, so we have a definition you can keep handy for your lesson plans!
Conservation is protecting our natural resources and environment. It's how we make sure these vital resources are available in the future.
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A World Without Water - Natural Resource Worksheet
Imagine and depict what a world without water would look like with a drawing prompt worksheet.
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What is Pollution? PowerPoint Slideshow
Show your students the different types of pollution and their effects with an instructional PowerPoint on pollution.
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Material World PowerPoint - Processed and Natural Materials
Discover the difference between processed and natural materials with an instructional slide show.
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How Can We Help Our Planet Mini Book
Help your students learn about how to keep our planet clean with a printable Earth Day book.
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Water Conservation Foldable
Display different ways to save water with this water conservation foldable.
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Energy Saving Reminders
Inspire your students to conserve electricity with these energy-saving reminders that can be placed around the classroom.
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Water is Life - Instructional PowerPoint
Learn about the importance of water to life on Earth, along with where water comes from, with an instructional slide deck.
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Student Lunch Box Audit - Reducing Waste Project
An investigation that will have students calculating the waste produced from their lunch boxes, creating a plan of action to reduce their waste and reflecting on their results.
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Building Sentences Earth Day Worksheet (F-1)
Build and write sentences about Earth Day with a printable Earth Day Worksheet for Foundation Year.
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Earth Day Write the Room - Kindergarten/Foundation
Help your young students learn and write about Earth Day with an Earth Day Write The Room Kindergarten Activity Pack.
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Critically Endangered Species Map
Use this endangered species world map when exploring animals that have been placed on the Critically Endangered list.