ESU301

Environmental Sustainability - Te Whakapūmautanga Taiao

Course Description

Students who choose to study Environmental Sustainability 301 will explore environmental sustainability issues in Marlborough through a series of guest speakers and field trips. They will want to make a difference to their world. Students will enjoy planning and taking their own action to make the future more sustainable; get out into the environment and collect information first hand, and make connections with people in their local community who are tackling some of the sustainability issues; investigate and focus on the local challenges; and engage with specialists in the community as stakeholders and/or mentors. 

Note: Field trips are an integral part of this course and it is expected that all students will attend these.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 24
Internal Assessed Credits: 19
External Assessed Credits: 5
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 90828 v3
NZQA Info

Education for Sustainability 3.1 - Evaluate a personal action that contributes towards a sustainable future


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 90831 v3
NZQA Info

Education for Sustainability 3.4 - Analyse the impact that policies have on a sustainable future


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 5r,5w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 90832 v3
NZQA Info

Education for Sustainability 3.5 - Develop a strategy for an organisation that will contribute to a sustainable future


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 5r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91411 v2
NZQA Info

Earth and Space Science 3.2 - Investigate a socio-scientific issue in an Earth and Space Science context


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91735 v2
NZQA Info

Education for Sustainability 3.2 - Evaluate measures that may be taken to sustain and/or improve a biophysical environment


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 24
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 24
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 24

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.