People Understand and Care for the Environment

Please find our day outline as follows:

9:30 am – 2:30 pm (5 hours)

Our Rangers will happily work around your bell times and scheduled breaks to create a schedule that suits your school day.

Introduction (Approx. 45 mins)

Meet our Rangers and our lineup of exciting taxidermies. The lineup is always changing

Activity Rotations

Students split into groups of approx 35, each led by a Ranger. Groups rotate through all activities in different orders.

Activity 1: Bug Catching

Activity 2: Bird Houses

Activity 3: Habitats

Activity 4: Waterworks

Activity 5: Running Game (If time permits)

Wrap-Up & Goodbye

A final farewell from our Rangers, already excited for your next adventure!

Our Rangers will arrive approximately 45 minutes early to set up.
Please note this schedule is a guide and may vary slightly on the day.

This program links directly to NSW syllabus outcomes. Relevant outcomes are shown below:

HS2-ACH-01 describes Aboriginal Peoples’ obligations to Country, Culture and Community;
HS2-GEO-01 explains how people care for Australia’s environments and participate in Australian society, using geographical information;
HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence.

People use geographical information to understand climates and environments

• Identify polar, continental, temperate, tropical and dry climate zones in the world in relation to the equator and poles;
• Identify and compare climate zones in Australia using choropleth maps showing temperature, humidity and vegetation;
• Compare seasonal rainfall in places in Australia and display data in column graphs;
• Locate and compare deserts, forests, mountain ranges, rivers, ocean trenches and volcanoes of Australia and the world using grid and relief maps and compass directions north, south, east and west;
• Describe ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples map Country and Place;
• Describe settlement patterns in Australia using satellite images;
• Draw conclusions about how climate influences settlement patterns in Australia;
• Identify and describe significant natural and cultural environments of the world using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary;
• Compare natural and human features of Australia with another country.

People have responsibility to care for Australia’s environments

• Observe and describe ways people organise places into spaces for different purposes;
• Compare the objectives of managing places for conservation and managing places for sustainability;
• Describe how reserved lands are managed in New South Wales at Mungo National Park, Kosciuszko National Park, Wollemi National Park and Barrington Tops National Park;
• Identify strategies that minimise waste and make the most of resources to sustain environments;
• Investigate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander food practices that are sustainable.

The cost of this exciting adventure is $24.00 + GST per student.
(Minimum charge x35)

This price includes:

• A pre-completed Risk Assessment to make planning easy;
• Full administrative support from our team;
• All materials and equipment provided, you bring the kids, we’ll bring… well, everything else;
• Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Rangers leading the fun;
• A syllabus-aligned program designed to deliver real learning in a hands-on, exciting way.