Refer to the lists below to see how the teaching resources align with the curriculum.
Many of the resources refer to videos featuring Aware Wolf. Aware Wolf is a superhero who teaches students about safe behaviour around trains, trams and railway crossings.
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An activity where students solve various safety scenarios when travelling by public transport to Luna Park.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCHPEP107, VCHPEP108, VCHPEP110
Victorian Curriculum Codes: ACELY1699, ACELY1709
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCECD012, VCECD013
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCCCTQ022, VCCCTR025
Download the Choose Your Own Safe Journey – teacher resource (PDF) 894 KB
Download the Choose Your Own Safe Journey – classroom resource (PDF) 6.6 MB
An activity where students have to make good choices about safe behaviours in trains and trams and around stations.
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCAMAE029
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCCCTQ023, VCCCTR028
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCPSCSO030
Download the Aware Wolf Safe Behaviours – teacher resource (PDF) 779 KB
Download the Aware Wolf Safe Behaviours – class resource (PDF) 2 MB
An activity where students make use of free online software to compose a short piece of music to accompany the Aware Wolf jingle.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCELA309, VCELA339
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCAMUE029, VCAMUM030
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCAMAR032
Download Aware Wolf Safety Jingles – teacher resource (PDF) 798 KB
Download Aware Wolf Safety Jingles – class resource (PDF) 863 KB
A quiz testing student knowledge about safe behaviours in and around trains, trams and stations.
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCHPEP107, VCHPEP108
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCECD012, VCECDO13
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCPSCSO030, VCPSCSO31
Download Aware Wolf Safety Quiz – teacher resource (PDF) 835 KB
Download Aware Wolf Safety Quiz – class resource (PDF) 3.5 MB
A PTV unit where students consider different examples of social behaviour on public transport, such as not putting feet on seats, leaving access to doors, taking off backpacks when standing, offering your seat, not talking loudly, and explore the impacts of these behaviours on others.
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCELY125
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCECU001 and VCECD002
Download Being a good commuter - learning sequence (PDF) 1.2 MB
Download Being a good commuter - signs and symbols resource (PDF) 276 KB
A PTV unit where students will develop awareness of the needs of diverse commuters on our public transport system. Their focus will be on how commuters can safely travel on public transport, especially with regard to getting on and off – boarding and alighting.
Students investigate the challenges involved in getting on and off transport for users with additional needs, for example commuters in wheelchairs. They identify the specific needs and relate these back to the safe use of public transport.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCDSTS033, VCDSCD038, VCDSCD039 and VCDSCD041
Download the Design dilemma - learning sequence (PDF) 1.3 MB
Download the Design dilemma - trains and train station resource (PDF) 741 KB
An activity where students look for safety features on their opponent’s platform in the style of a ‘Battleship’ game.
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCMMG199
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCDTDI028
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCCCTQ023, VCCCTM029
Download the Design Your Own Safe Platform class resource (PDF) 806 KB
Download the Design Your Own Safe Platform teacher notes (PDF) 910 KB
A PTV unit that explores the science behind using sand for braking for trains and trams, linking students’ experiences with forces and friction and extends to other examples. Examine students’ current conceptions and misconceptions and uses examples of road surfaces for students who are in areas without easy access to trains or trams.
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCSSU064
Download the Friction - learning resource (PDF) 1.2 MB
Download the Friction - student resource (PDF) 245 KB
Download the Tram sand sequence (PDF) 606 KB
A PTV unit where students determine what changes they would like to see in public transport. They research who is responsible for that particular area, how decisions are made and how would they make a difference.
Students also review safety information from public transport authorities and create their own advice that targets primary school-aged children.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCCCG010 and VCCC015
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCELY319 and VCELY329
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCELY347 and VCELY358
Download the How do you make a difference - learning sequence (PDF) 1.5 MB
An activity where students have to recognise and correctly sequence safety features as they approach a level crossing on foot.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCMSP205, VCMSP206, VCMSP207
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCCCTR025, VCCCTM029
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCDTDI028
Download the Level crossing safety - teacher resource (PDF) 800 KB
Download the Level crossing safety - class resource (PDF) 1.4 MB
A PTV unit where students design and pitch ideas for an app that informs users of the cost associated with various forms of transport. The goal of the app is to give an indicator of the financial and environmental cost of different forms of transport to travel to the same location, building an understanding of the relatively cheaper cost and reduced environmental impact of utilising public transport options.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCDTCD031, VCDCTCD034
Download the Sustainable travel - learning resource (PDF) 1.2 MB
A PTV unit where students identify and research a public transport safety issue. Using recent campaigns as models, they consider elements such as visual, emotive and figurative language, similes, humour, catchy music and themes and determine the key messages/elements of the campaign. Finally, they create a slogan and key messaging and use it in a persuasive text e.g. a billboard, a series of text messages, a television advertisement.
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCCCTQ023
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCELA339
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCAMAP031
Download The ad campaign - learning sequence (PDF) 1.3 MB
Download the The ad campaign - sample bingo template (PDF) 40 KB
A PTV unit where students create a tour pack for a day trip for a family of four who are visiting Victoria and wish to travel by public transport. Students use public transport sites to develop an itinerary that includes a visit to their local area (or if there is limited public transport in their area, to the nearest public transport point). The pack needs to include transport costs, maps and information about the sites they are promoting.
Victorian Curriculum Codes: VCMNA191 and VCMSP207
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCMNA218
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCELY329
Victorian Curriculum Code: VCELY358
Download the Welcome to Victoria - learning sequence (PDF) 1.2 MB
Download the Welcome to Victoria - student task (PDF) 310 KB
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