Students engage with the contested, complex issues that will define WA's next generation — the energy transition, the global race for critical minerals, First Nations land rights, and what it means to build a career in an industry facing both intense scrutiny and extraordinary opportunity.
Year 9 doesn't flinch. Across four units, students take on the questions adults are still arguing about: whether WA can be a global resources powerhouse and still lead on climate, why the world is racing for the minerals beneath this state, how the industry and First Nations peoples have shaped each other, and what a truly informed pathway decision actually looks like. It matters because Year 9 students can smell propaganda a mile away — and with subject selection now a year off, this is the moment to replace easy answers with honest judgment.
Every unit arrives classroom-ready — full lesson sequences, slides, student workbooks and assessment rubrics, aligned to the revised Western Australian Curriculum, mandated from 2026.
"Can WA be a global resources powerhouse and still lead on climate action?"
The tension unit. WA's emissions profile, climate commitments and land-use pressures examined without flinching — students argue the strongest version of positions they do not hold.
"Why is the world suddenly desperate for what WA has in the ground?"
Why global agencies project demand for WA's minerals to multiply, who is competing for them, and what interdependence means when supply chains become strategic.
"How has the industry shaped — and been shaped by — WA's First Nations communities?"
Native title, agreements, employment programs and unresolved history — how the industry and First Nations peoples have shaped each other. Developed and reviewed with Aboriginal education advisors.
"What does a deliberate, truly informed career decision into WA's resources sector look like?"
The decision unit. Students map real routes — TAFE, apprenticeships, university, direct entry — against their own strengths, with genuine risk-and-reward reasoning.
One page of guidance per unit. Everything else is done.
Lesson sequences, decks, workbooks and rubrics included.
Aligned to the revised WA Curriculum every school teaches from 2026.
Worker videos, site content and industry panels arranged through the program.