Powerful Owl

A recent sighting of a Powerful Owl and some young chicks near Tania Park in Balgowlah has teachers and students buzzing ! Project Powerful Owl build on other Broken Bay insitu projects such as Project Yellow-Bellied Glider (Kincumber, NSW) and Project Feathertail Gilder (Newport, NSW).

The Powerful Owl is Australia's largest Owl. It is found in coastal areas of NSW and inland toward the Blue Mountains. A Powerful Owl catches and eats at least one possum every day!

This resource enables students to explore parts of Tania Park and Sydney Harbour National Park before engaging in the habitat investigation day.

This project is supported by Northern Beaches Council, Taronga Zoo, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Broken Bay.

This resource is now available in Google Expeditions.

NSW History K-10 Syllabus Links

HTe-1 How can stories of the past be told and shared ? (p32)

HT 1-2 What remains of the past are important to the local community ? (p39)

HT 2-1 Who lived here first and how do we know ? (p44)

HT 2-4 What was life like for ATSI people before the arrival of the Europeans ? (p46)

HT 3-2 How did colonial settlement change the environment ? (p52)

HT 4-1 Describes the nature of history & archaeology and explains their contribution to an understanding of the past (p58)

NSW Geography K-10 Syllabus Links

GEe -1 Identifies places and develops an understanding of the importance of places to people (p38)

GE1-1 Describes features of places and the connections people have with places (p42)

GE1-2 Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places (p42)

GE2-2 Describes the ways people, places and environments interact (p48 )

GE2-3 Examines differing perceptions about the management of places and environments (p48 )

GE2-3 Description of how custodial responsibility for Country/Place influences Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ views of the environment (p50)

GE3-2 Explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments (p54)

Contact John Hession for further information