What
is the activity?
(Where does it fit in the curriculum?) |
What
type of activity is it? Will I need help? |
How
do I access useful information to assist me in this activity? |
Where
is this activity available? |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Planning Our Patch program
- Discuss environmental, conservation or resource issues, and
individually and/or in teams collaboratively develop strategies
to bring about positive change in the local community.
|
- Planning an Our Patch
program for class, group,
school with connections to
local government, local
groups and local experts.
- Our Patch/Catchment Care
officer. |
Our Patch/Catchment Care
Officers
http://www.catchments.net/ |
All catchments |
| Monitor
and research bioindicators
- Students access, investigate, interpret and represent information
from field work, electronic systems and other research, in order
to explain local and global interactions and relationships between
people and environments.
|
- Monitor and research
bioindicator species and link
to other programs such as
Waterwatch and bird
organisations. |
Look for links on this site. |
All catchments |
History
of local Area including Indigenous Australian’s
- Students access, investigate, interpret and represent information
from field work, electronic systems and other research, in order
to explain local and global interactions and relationships between
people and environments.
|
- Examine the history
of the
local area, including
Indigenous Australian history. |
Look for links on this site. |
All catchments |
Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Our Patch on ground activities
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Participate in Our
Patch on-
ground activities, such as
planting, weeding and rubbish
removal, with an emphasis on
human interaction with
ecosystems.
- Take actions to preserve
animals and plants by
managing an Our Patch site.
- Our Patch/Catchment Care
officer. |
Contact your local our
patch catchment care officer for advice. |
All catchments |
| How
Healthy is your bushland?
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Information sheets
which
explain how to assess your
local bushland. |
Land For Wildlife Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/4A2568
B2008332A3/BCView/12AAB70B
88FAF3FFCA256BCF00088831?
OpenDocument |
All catchments |
Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Planting indigenous species
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Planting indigenous
plant
species.
- Class room lesson before
planting, to explain that we
are trying to construct a
habitat for insects, animals,
birds etc, as well as for more
plants.
- Our Patch/Catchment Care
officers can assist. |
Landcare Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/
root/domino/cm_da/nreninf.nsf/
frameset/NRE Information
Series?OpenDocument |
All catchments |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Weeds
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- What are weeds?
- Our Patch/Catchment Care
officers can give advice. |
Landcare Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/
root/domino/cm_da/nreninf.nsf/
frameset/NRE Information
Series?OpenDocument |
All catchments |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
How to manage weeds
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Weeding.
- Our Patch/Catchment Care
officers can give advice. |
Landcare Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/
root/domino/cm_da/nreninf.nsf/
frameset/NRE Information
Series?OpenDocument |
All catchments |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Constructing a herbarium
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Constructing a herbarium
from
weed species.
- Incorporates collection,
identification and taxa.
- Distinguish from local native
species and discuss how
weeds influence native
biodiversity. |
Contact your local our
patch catchment care officer for advice. |
All catchments |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
How to collect seeds from native trees and shrubs
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Thorough explanation
of seed
collecting, with diagrams. |
Landcare Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/
root/domino/cm_da/nreninf.nsf/
frameset/NRE Information
Series?OpenDocument |
All catchments |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Propagation: Raising Plants from Seeds
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Introduction to propagation
methods, adopting and caring
for seedlings over summer
holidays at home and planting
out next year. |
Landcare Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/
root/domino/cm_da/nreninf.nsf/
frameset/NRE Information
Series?OpenDocument |
All catchments |
| Our
Patch/Catchment Care Activity
Tree Planting and Aftercare
- Develop their own understanding of, and explore future possibilities
for, and act to contribute to, sustainable environments.
|
- Overview of main aspects
of
indigenous tree planting and
aftercare. |
Landcare Notes
(NRE VIC Government)
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/
root/domino/cm_da/nreninf.nsf/
frameset/NRE Information
Series?OpenDocument |
All catchments |
