State and National Parks

This resource supports teachers who will be attending Gibberagong EEC for a field excursion. The learning tasks included in this package are designed to be programmed and completed by students prior to and after attending the excursion. Students maximise their learning when they have engaged in learning tasks both prior to an excursion and upon returning to school. Students develop a better understanding of the content, knowledge, skills, values and attitudes when they have engaged in pre-learning about the excursion site, relevant content linked to the unit of study and associated learning outcomes; and post-excursion learning tasks add value to the excursion visit and consolidates their learning.

Lessons 1 - 6 are pre-visit activities.

Lessons 7- 10 are post-visit activities.

A Student Workbook accompanies this resource and can be downloaded below.

Geography

GE2-1 Examines features and characteristics of places and environments

GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and environments interact

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

Science

ST2-4LW-S compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things

Key inquiry question

• How are environments and living things interdependent?

Inquiry questions

• Where is Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park?

• What are the features and uses of this National Park?

• Why are National Parks protected and valued?

• How should this National Park be managed and protected?

Teacher Programming Resource (Word version) or (PDF)

Student Workbook (Word version) or (PDF)