Year 4 (ACv8.4) or Year 5 (ACv9)
2 hours for 3 classes max.
Curriculum Links
- Science
- HASS (Geography)
- Sustainability
High Impact Pedagogies
- Real-life context of your school grounds
- Hands on
- Scientific Inquiry
Students gain an understanding of how erosion occurs (natural and human
activity), identifying it in their school grounds and problem solving how to
reduce it.
Students will be able to:
- identify types of weathering caused by mechanical, chemical and biological means.
- explore what causes erosion and identify it in the natural environment.
- take action to reduce the impact of erosion.
Overview of day
Students undertake activities in their school grounds to enhance their understanding of how erosion occurs both naturally and through human impact in their school grounds.
During the incursion, students participate in two main activities that enable them to apply the knowledge they have gained in the classroom to identify where and why erosion is occurring within their school grounds, and to consider and offer solutions to the erosion problems encountered.
Earthwalk: Students explore their school grounds investigating erosion and looking for evidence of it.
Take Action: Students undertake scientific experiments to explore erosion in the wider catchment (mountains to ocean), how it occurs and how to take action to prevent it.