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Stage 2 (Suitable for Years 3 & 4)

Australia You're Standing In It
State and National Parks
Mini-Worlds: forests; marine; or freshwater
Our Australia
British Colonisation of Australia

Australia You're Standing In It

Location: Kiama
Focus KLA & Outcomes: HSIE ENS2.5, ENS 2.6
Students explore natural, heritage & built aspects of a most well known coastal location, Kiama. Discovering the things people value about Kiama.

State and National Parks

Location: Killalea State Park
Focus KLA & Outcomes: HSIE ENS2.5, ENS2.6
Visit Killalea State Park for a case study of a number of cultural& natural sites in the Park. Explore issues, values & attitudes associated with the Park's establishment.  Try our exciting new self-guided program on State Parks - a must for all Stage 2 students.

Mini-Worlds: forests; marine; or freshwater

Locations: Blackbutt, Kiama, Killalea, Nowra
Focus KLA & Outcomes: Science LTS2.3, INVS2.7
Identify & describe the structure & function of living things. Discover ways that living things interact with other living things & their environment, from rainforests to rock pools.

Our Australia

Locations: Killalea State Park, Mt Keira or Blackbutt
Focus KLA & Outcomes: Science LTS2.3, UTS2.9
Compile a data base to record data on flora & fauna. Identify different environmental problems. Explore traditional Aboriginal interactions with the Australian environment.

British Colonisation of Australia

Location: North Wollongong
Focus KLA: HSIE CCS2.1, ENS2.6
Investigate what life was like for Aboriginal people before British colonisation. Visit significant sites that mark the British arrival. Explore the Wollongong heritage museum.
 

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