THE ZERO POSITIVE PROGRAM
With a 5-year path to net-zero-emissions, we have a real, tangible way to contribute to our nation’s efforts to reduce climate impacts in energy consumption, water use, waste management, transport and regeneration.
Learn more about what’s possible when you bring technology and education together.
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING
How it works
IT ALL STARTS WITH DATA FOR MEASUREMENT AND ACTION.
The Zero Positive program supports students and schools to use real energy data to create change. With our metering technology and data capture platform, students can keep track of their progress with emissions reduction and sustainability.
MEASURE AND IGNITE LEARNING AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE WITH REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES
Zero Positive is practical and engaging as we provide interactive tools and resources to MEASURE your school’s energy, water, waste, transport and regenerative inputs.
Measurement tools help make the invisible visible and allow you to unlock a rich ecosystem of learning resources.
Tangible insights will help your school take local action to address climate change.
EDUCATE FOR SUSTAINABILITY WITH SUPPORT AND COMPLETE CURRICULUM
The Zero Positive Program is designed to provide you with the tools and support you need to engage your whole school community.
Aligned with the Australian Curriculum, you will access educational resources from foundation right through to senior secondary that are interdisciplinary and ensure the program won’t be an extra thing to do!
In addition, you will be connected with other schools to build relationships and connections that drive innovation and creativity and the best outcomes for all schools.
EVALUATE AND GO FURTHER
As part of your pledge to the United Nations to reduce your schools’ emissions, Zero Positive for Schools helps you evaluate and plan your journey towards net zero, and regularly evaluate your progress.
MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE
When you sign up to Zero Positive, you unlock a rich ecosystem of learning resources. Together, these resources turn invisible concepts, like ‘What is Energy?’, into tangible insights.
Become a Zero Hero today
Product suite
WE TAKE EDUCATION
FURTHER.
Comprising of a full suite of innovative products which are supported by a sophisticated system, bringing data to life in the classroom has never been easier.
REAL TOOLS FOR REAL ACTION
When you sign up to Zero Positive, you go beyond talking about sustainability — you have access to a range of practical, powerful tools and resources to make change happen.
School Portal
Track, visualise and analyse your school’s own energy data over days, months, seasons and years.
Teacher’s Toolkit
Find detailed unit plans, lesson plans and student activities for all year levels, ready to use straight ‘off the shelf’.
Knowledge Bank
Give students access to references, research and resources for self-directed learning, all in one place.
Planet Watch
Give students access to references, research and resources for self-directed learning, all in one place.
Digital Tools and Apps
Track, visualise and analyse your school’s own energy data over days, months, seasons and years.
Power widgets for School Website
These handy web widgets allow schools to visualise their individual energy data on their school’s website.
LED In-School Energy Display
The Display Board makes it easy for schools to display their own energy data on any LED display in their school.
Become a zero hero and use these tools to take your first step towards net zero and beyond.
In practice
BRING CROSS-CURRICULAR AND INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING TO THE CLASSROOM.
Empower students to create a sustainable future using engaging and innovative learning resources and experiences.
NURTURE INQUISITIVE AND ENGAGED LEARNERS
Today, many schools advocate for interdisciplinary approaches that bring relevance and meaning to student learning.
Interdisciplinary, emerging and inquiry-based pedagogy helps make practical connections between subjects, and equips young people with the 21st century skills, knowledge and understanding to prosper in a globalised world.
It can be challenging finding time to plan teaching and assessment that engages learners and meets all dimensions of the Australian Curriculum including learning areas, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities. Yet, Zero Positive for Schools makes it easy for your school to do all that and more.
INSPIRED EDUCATION WITH IMPACT
Zero Positive for Schools is an innovative educational program that makes it easy and exciting to teach school students about climate change, carbon emissions, net zero and sustainability.
Learning experiences are based on your school’s own data, supported by comprehensive teacher resources, interactive digital tools and regular support.
Teachers can easily create interdisciplinary projects across maths, science, humanities, English, arts and technology learning areas, as well as addressing many general capabilities and the cross-curriculum priority sustainability of the Australian Curriculum.
BRINGING DATA AND
SCIENCE TO LIFE
Zero Positive is practical, engaging and aligned with the Australian Curriculum, from foundation right through to senior secondary.
Underpinning the program is sophisticated energy-metering technology. Your school’s energy use is monitored and recorded, along with any energy generated by solar panels.
Students can design strategies to change energy use in the school and measure the effectiveness of their ideas.
USE ZERO POSITIVE FOR EXCITING OUTCOMES
Maximise teaching outcomes
Comprehensive unit plans, lesson plans and student resources enhance the quality of lessons, while teaching becomes more time and resource efficient.
Encouraging pathways for further discovery
Students can broaden and deepen their understanding of themselves and how their actions influence the world around them.
Inspire students to learn and problem solve
Students seek to apply real-world knowledge, understanding the value and relevance of what they are learning.
Promote student success
Applying concepts in different ways provides an alternate pathway to student learning, creating a strong sense of achievement.
Build professional connections
Staff develop a deeper appreciation of each other’s expertise, enriching professional development and collective behaviour change.
INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCIES IN A RANGE OF LEARNING AREAS:
Science
- Science understanding
- Science as a human endeavour
- Science inquiry skills
English
- Language for interaction
- Expressing and developing ideas
- Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
- Creating texts
Mathematics
- Number and algebra
- Measurement and geometry
- Statistics and probability
Design & Technologies
- Creating solutions
- Design and systems thinking
- Project management
- Creating preferred futures
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Geography
- Civics and citizenship
- Economics and business
The Arts
- Drama
- Media arts
- Visual arts