Stage 2 - The Great Yowie Hunt

Science/Geography

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Program Overview

Students explore the natural environment and learn about science as a unique way of answering questions about the health of plants, animals and ecosystems, and the importance of this information in decision-making and problem solving.

There are a range of highly engaging hands on activities that provide students with the opportunities to develop improved visual and scientific literacy.

Focus

Geography Focus Area

Stage 2: Geographical information is used to understand the world

Sub-strand - People use geographical information to understand climates and environments

Science Focus Area

Stage 2: Physical and Living Systems depend on energy

Sub-strand - Living things depend on energy and materials to survive

Yowie Hunt
Bugs in Trees
Dipnetting
Walking within the regatta centre

Program Activities

Introduction to Penrith Lakes
Introduction to Australian Environments and Yowie Hunt
Bird Observation Walk
Recess
Investigating a Terrestrial Environment
Investigating a Wetland Environment
Lunch
Identifying Freshwater Macro invertebrates
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Key Syllabus Outcomes

Stage 2 HSIE - Geography
  • HS2-GEO-01 explains how people care for Australia’s environments and participate in Australian society, using geographical information.
Stage 2 Science
  • ST2-SC1-01 uses information to investigate the solar system and the effects of energy on living, physical and geological systems
  • ST2-PQU-01 poses questions to create fair tests that investigate the effects of energy on living things and physical systems
  • ST2-DAT-01 uses and interprets data to describe patterns and relationships

Key Content

People use geographical information to understand climates and environments
  • Identify and compare climate zones in Australia
People have a responsibility to care for Australia’s environments
  • Observe and describe ways people organise places for different purposes eg observe local places
  • Compare the objectives of managing places for conservation and managing places for sustainability
Living things depend on energy and material to survive
  • Identify the systems of Earth that make up environments: air – atmosphere, land – lithosphere, water – hydrosphere, living things – biosphere
  • Describe how the needs of living things are provided the atmosphere (air & gases - oxygen) hydrosphere (water, aquatic habitats) and lithosphere (nutrient-rich soil necessary for plant growth, terrestrial habitats.
  • Observe and describe living and non-living things in a habitat.
  • Describe the transfer of energy between plants and animals using food chains.

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