The Built to Survive learning resource includes five lessons that explore different habitats and the animals that survive within them. Each lesson involves watching and responding to one episode of Built to Survive. These lessons include:
About this resource
This learning resource supports students and teachers in Years 3 to 6 to explore the documentary television series Built to Survive in the classroom and beyond.
Built to Survive follows third generation Indigenous educator Phil Breslin, on a mission to reveal the Australian animals that adapt and survive in our diverse Australian environments. Each episode of the series explores a different Australian habitat. Read more about the series in the About Built to Survive section.
Getting started
1. Documentary Filmmaking
Learn how to create your own documentary segment in the same style as Built to Survive.
2. Wet and Wild Rainforests
In the heat of the rainforest, Phil reveals the survival adaptations of the elusive tree kangaroo, the colourful cassowary and the lethal scrub python.
3. Desert Dwellers
Teachers, here is some information you may like to share with your students before watching the episode: ... This episode explores the desert and three animals who call it home: Perentie Goanna, ...
4. Wild Wild Wetlands
Phil ventures into Australia’s notorious swamp country for an encounter with a Barramundi, a Freshwater Crocodile, and a Saltwater Crocodile.
5. Big Blue Ocean
Explore the big blue ocean with Phil to learn more about the Tiger Shark, the Manta Ray and the Humpback Whale.
6. Island Castaways
Explore isolated islands to learn about the Green Sea Turtle, a pack of Dingoes and the terrifying Death Adder.