The Earth's environment National Parks geography excursion
Location
Kamay Botany Bay EEC, Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell.
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?
Key syllabus 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
Students will:
- walk a bush track and complete a number of 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). They will record weather conditions and in the Field Journal before exploring the shoreline
- complete the Y-chart in the Field Journal
Cross Curriculum priorities
Perspectives of traditional Aboriginal lifestyle are integrated throughout the program.
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