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? |
Explore your wetland
- Characteristics and behaviour of living things and how they
are interrelated and interdependent.
|
- Organise a trip to your local
wetland and we will assist
you in learning about how
they work. |
Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network
http://www.onkaparinga.net/
caring/waterwatch.shtml |
Onkaparinga |
Why Wetlands?
- Characteristics and behaviour of living things and how they
are interrelated and interdependent.
- 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.
|
- The role of wetlands in
improving water quality and
provision of habitat.
- Field session assisted by a
Waterwatch officer. |
KESAB P&T Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/
section1/1-11.htm |
Patawalonga and Torrens |
A Frog’s Life
- Characteristics and behaviour of living things and how they
are interrelated and interdependent.
- 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.
|
- Learn about biological
monitoring and why frogs are
used as indicators of water
health.
- Activity in the classroom or
at a local waterway.
- Assisted by a Waterwatch
officer. |
KESAB P&T Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/
section1/1-11.htm |
Patawalonga and Torrens |
What is a macroinvertebrate?
- Characteristics and behaviour of living things and how they
are interrelated and interdependent.
- 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.
|
- Discover why
macroinvertebrates are
bioindicators of water health.
- School based activity
assisted by a Waterwatch
officer. |
Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network
http://www.onkaparinga.net/
caring/waterwatch.shtml |
Onkaparinga |
| Our Patch/Catchment
Care Activity
Animal and Plant research
- Characteristics and behaviour of living things and how they
are interrelated and interdependent.
|
- Research indigenous
animals and plants to see
what they need and how to
preserve them in a local
Patch. |
Look for links on this site. |
All catchments |
| Our Patch/Catchment
Care Activity
Sustainable solutions
- Discuss environmental, conservation or resource issues, and
individually and/or in teams collaboratively develop strategies
to bring about positive change in the local community.
|
- Examine sustainable
solutions to environmental
problems at the Patch. |
Look for links on this site. |
All catchments |
| Our Patch/Catchment
Care Activity
Threatened Species
- Discuss environmental, conservation or resource issues, and
individually and/or in teams collaboratively develop strategies
to bring about positive change in the local community.
|
- Investigate and take actions
to preserve threatened
species at the Patch. |
Look for links on this site. |
All catchments |
