9.15am-2.00pm
Full-day program
Maximum of 2 classes
Through drama, hands on play and connection with nature, students investigate koalas and their habitat.
Students will be able to:
- understand why this place is special (with the focus on koala habitat) and how to care for it.
- understand the needs of living things.
- observe external features of plants and animals.
- undertake scientific inquiry through understanding and using their senses.
Program outline
Students are invited to the Bunyaville Environmental Education Centre's Wildlife Scientist Training Ground by Koala Blue to undertake their training to become wildlife scientists.
On arrival, they are hooked into the story and eager to see Koala Blue who appears to be missing. Hoping to see them soon, the students go and train in the Wildlife Scientist Training Grounds where they undertake age appropriate, nature play activities that develop creativity, critical thinking, inquiry and social skills. Finding out that Koala Blue is missing in the forest, students go on an Earthwalk led by the Bunyaville EEC Scientists (teachers). Here they try and find and learn about koalas, as well as connecting with the natural wonders of the forest along the way. The day culminates at the Centre where they solve the problem of their missing koala thanks to a helpful forest friend.
P.S. Don't let the students know the koala goes missing yet. It will all be revealed on the day.