Environmental Education relates to the Mathematics curriculum as:

  • areas of study which reflects the values and attitudes raised in the Mathematics Stage 4, 5, and 6 outcomes
  • experiences which encourage investigation of environmental issues within broader areas of study in Stages 4, 5 and 6 syllabuses
  • involvement by students in planning the development and maintenance of the school learning, and local environments.

The Mathematics Stage 5 Syllabus contains core and option topics that are pertinent to the integration of environmental education. For example in the:

  • Advanced course, students have opportunities to construct a model and formulate a mathematical description of a real situation in the option topic: Modelling
  • Intermediate course, students collect, organise, analyse and interpret data in a range of investigations; and
  • Standard course, the Core content includes instruction on Mathematics of the Environment. This topic examines issues relating to populations, the school environment and the general environment.

Each of the Stage 4, 5, and 6 Mathematics syllabuses contains outcomes that are relevant to environmental education.

Other examples of linking mathematics outcomes to the objectives of environmental education may be found in the document supporting the Environmental Education Policy for Schools.