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The Technologies curriculum has the potential to educate and inspire students to
critically and creatively consider how they can contribute to creating preferred
futures. The cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability, and in particular the key idea
of ‘Futures’, is embedded throughout both the lesson plan and design brief. ACARA
emphasises the need for sustainability education to “develop the knowledge, skills,
values and world views necessary for people to act in ways that contribute to more
whereby students research, design and generate a worm farm which will be used in
the school provides a relevant and meaningful context for students. Rather than
particular Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. A 2020 target within
this goal is to “substantially reduce waste generation” through recycling and reuse
(United Nations, 2019). Students are challenged to design a product that composts
food scraps and collects the by-product to use as a garden fertilizer, implementing
this goal at a local level. The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
suggests that reducing our waste and educating the public are both ways we can
improve our consumption and production, and the worm farm project provides an
opportunity for students to do both (MCIC, 2018, p.12.2). ACARA emphasises that
practices and future impacts (ACARA, n.d., OI7&8), and students achieve this