Stage 2: The Earth’s Environment incursion
Location:
Bring the expert educators from Kamay Botany Bay Environmental Education Centre to your school for an exciting, hands-on incursion! Our qualified teachers will guide students in exploring the unique biodiversity in their own school grounds, fostering curiosity and discovery right where they learn every day.
Overview:
In this exciting incursion, students will investigate the rich biodiversity of their own school environment, using the geographical inquiry process to explore the unique features of their local natural and built surroundings.
Students will conduct fieldwork without leaving school, using a variety of tools to observe, measure, and record data on plant and animal life, soil composition, and environmental conditions. Through hands-on investigations, they will develop their scientific observation skills, record their findings in field journals, and analyse their discoveries to understand how ecosystems function and change over time.
This engaging incursion will help students explore why natural spaces are valued, the role of conservation, and how human actions impact sustainability. By applying real-world skills in their own school setting, students will gain a deeper appreciation for their environment and explore ways to protect and manage it for the future.
Tailored to suit your school’s context and student needs, this cost-effective, interactive incursion brings geography to life—all without the need for bus travel.
Book your incursion today!
Outcomes:
- GE2-1 examines features and characteristics of places and environment
- GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and environments interact
- GE2-3 examines differing perceptions about the management of places and environments
- GE2-4 acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
Key Inquiry Questions:
- How does the environment support the lives of people and other living things?
- How can people use places and environments more sustainably?
Students will:
- Walk the school grounds and complete several observations and investigations in their Field Journal including a sound map, a portrait of a habitat tree, soil sample, a leaf drawing and an animal evidence tally table.
- Complete the map using BOLTSS (border, orientation, legend, title, scale, source).
- Investigate Aboriginal artefacts and create a nature-inspired artwork.
Learning across the curriculum content:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Sustainability
- Literacy and Numeracy
- Critical and creative thinking
