Full day program (for up to 2 classes)
Curriculum Focus: How do environmental and human processes affect the characteristics of places and environments? What are the consequences of changes to places and environments and how can these changes be managed?
Curriculum Links: Geography, Cross curricular priority of Sustainability
Aim
For students to understand a riverine landscape by learning within Bunyaville Conservation Park, the positive and negative issues that impact the Park, and the strategies used to address these issues.
Overview of day
Students begin the day with an overview of Bunyaville Conservation Park, it’s history and priorities. Students then do two sessions throughout the day:
Session 1: Comparison of the ridgeline and gully environment in a riverine landscape. Students investigate each site collecting abiotic and biotic data, as well as learning about the issues impacting each site and the strategies employed to mitigate these issues.
Session 2: Students investigate the health of the ponds in the Picnic area by looking at the number of macroinvertebrates and their diversity. Students also investigate the issues impacting the area and the strategies employed to mitigate these issues.