Session 2 - Our Local Environment
A group of students from Walbundrie and Brocklesby Public School talk about a school project which involved designing an eco-tourist park on the Murray. They also talk about changes they have made to improve their school environment.
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Discussion Questions (Download page in print friendly Word format)
- Do your school grounds fit in well with the surrounding area?
- What could you do improve your local environment?
- What is being done at your school to save water?
- Where is your local creek? Where does it join the river?
Recall Questions
- What did the students find hazardous in their local park?
- What materials did the students use to make a model park?
- What did the students consider when they were designing an eco-tourist park?
Suggested Activities
See links section below for resources related to the suggested activities
- Design the ideal park for your local area.
- Think up ways to improve a park near your home.
- Write a poem about your special place.
- Brainstorm ideas about how to improve your school environment.
- Research why the Regent Parrot is a threatened species.
- Contact your local council to find out about an environmental project in your area.
- Collect and identify bugs from a local creek or river.
Resource Links
An interactive guide designed to provide ecological and taxonomic information to enable community groups, students and scientists to readily identify inland aquatic invertebrates.
www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide
A national community water quality monitoring network that encourages all Australians to become active in the protection of their waterways.
www.waterwatch.org.au
To plan a water monitoring activity, contact your local Waterwatch facilitator or coordinator.
www.waterwatch.org.au/contacts.html
The website of the Curriculum K-12 Directorate of the NSW Department of Education and Training.
www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au