teaching resource

Humans and the Environment PowerPoint

Updated: 03 Aug 2026

Explore how human actions change the environment with an interactive Humans and the Environment PowerPoint Presentation.

Editable: PowerPoint, Google Slides
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 4 - 6

Curriculum

VC2S6U01

The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment
VC2S4U03

Consumers, producers and decomposers have different roles and interactions within a habitat; food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships <ul> <li>describing how animals, including humans, obtain their food from plants and other animals</li> <li>observing living things in a local habitat and categorising them as producers, consumers or decomposers</li> <li>researching the different types of decomposers and the importance of these within a habitat</li> <li>representing feeding relationships of producers and consumers as a food chain and comparing food chains across different habitats</li> <li>investigating the impact of introduced predators such as foxes on small mammal species in Australia</li> <li>researching how the removal of a food source from within a habitat, such as through an insect or rodent infestation, affects other living things within that habitat</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Humans and the Environment PowerPoint

Updated: 03 Aug 2026

Explore how human actions change the environment with an interactive Humans and the Environment PowerPoint Presentation.

Editable: PowerPoint, Google Slides
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 4 - 6

Explore how human actions change the environment with an interactive Humans and the Environment PowerPoint Presentation.

Teach Human Impact With Our Humans and The Environment PowerPoint

Help your students understand how human actions shape the world around them with this interactive Humans and the Environment PowerPoint slideshow. Designed for upper‑primary learners, this PowerPoint explores the many ways people change natural environments through activities such as urbanisation, agriculture, deforestation, and more.

This Humans and the Environment PowerPoint includes a wide variety of real‑world examples and discussion prompts that make the concepts of human impact accessible, engaging, and meaningful for young learners.

Explore Ways Humans Change Environments Every Day

This teaching presentation introduces a wide range of human activities and their environmental effects. With this resource, you can teach your students about:

Urbanisation
Agriculture
Deforestation
Pollution
And more!

Students explore cause‑and‑effect relationships and learn how human decisions can help or harm the environment.

Download This Human Impact PowerPoint Today

This Human Impact PowerPoint is available in both PowerPoint and Google Slides formats. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and select your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Amanda Elkins, a teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

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Curriculum

VC2S6U01

The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment
VC2S4U03

Consumers, producers and decomposers have different roles and interactions within a habitat; food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships <ul> <li>describing how animals, including humans, obtain their food from plants and other animals</li> <li>observing living things in a local habitat and categorising them as producers, consumers or decomposers</li> <li>researching the different types of decomposers and the importance of these within a habitat</li> <li>representing feeding relationships of producers and consumers as a food chain and comparing food chains across different habitats</li> <li>investigating the impact of introduced predators such as foxes on small mammal species in Australia</li> <li>researching how the removal of a food source from within a habitat, such as through an insect or rodent infestation, affects other living things within that habitat</li> </ul>

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