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Wattamolla
Landscapes and landforms
Landscapes and landforms
Colourful sandstone cliffs south of Wattamolla
The unique and beautiful landscapes and landforms around Wattamolla have formed due to a range of factors.
Wattamolla, and most of the Royal National Park, sits on Hawkesbury Sandstone. If you're from Sydney, your home and school are likely built on Hawkesbury Sandstone. It formed approximately 200 million years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.
Sandstone is a soft rock. If you rub two pieces of sandstone together, you can easily break it apart into its component grains of sand. Some pieces are so soft you can break them with your hands.
Wattamolla is very exposed. Wind, waves and water runoff continue to shape its landscapes and landforms.
Activity 2: Landscapes and landforms around Wattamolla
Activity 2: Landscapes and landforms around Wattamolla
Go on a 360o tour of landscapes and landforms around Wattamolla.
360o tour of landscapes and landforms around Wattamolla
Activity 3: Field sketch
Activity 3: Field sketch
A field sketch is a line drawing that records the features of a place. Labels are used to identify features.
Read the Field sketches instructions and watch the video to learn how to draw a field sketch.
Field sketches instructions from Fieldwork K-6 iBookCourtesy of Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre
These field sketch instructions are a screenshot from the Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre iBook - Fieldwork K-6. The book is full of fieldwork ideas that can be completed around your home or school. If you have an iPad, you can download the book and view these instructions and much more on your iPad.
Field Sketch.mp4field sketch.pdfField sketch worksheet
Photo options for photo sketch
A field sketch can only be completed when out in field, while viewing the site. A photo sketch is similar to a field sketch, but is drawn from a photograph.
Draw a photo sketch of Wattamolla:
choose one of the photos (or a scene from the landscapes and landforms 360o Tour)
print the field sketch worksheet (or use a blank sheet of paper)
follow the outlined steps to complete a photo sketch.
Don't forget to:
give your sketch a title
label geographical features
Photo of local park looking North
Photo of local park looking South
Field sketch of local park looking North
Field sketch of local park looking South
Now get outside and draw a field sketch. Find a nice view nearby to sketch. It could be in a local park, your school grounds or even from a window in your home.
Helpful hint: find a view with some clear lines, such as a hill or mountain, a creek, a path or a road.
Extension activity 1: Visual arts - Bird's eye art
Extension activity 1: Visual arts - Bird's eye art
Drawing a field sketch in Geography is very different from creating an artwork. Complete The Arts Unit @home Creative Class - Bird's eye art to create your own artwork.
Note that this class explores the environment from an aerial perspective, like looking at the satellite imagery on a Google Map. How is this artwork different from a field sketch?
Extension activity 2: Everyone's an Author - Chapter 6 - Poetry and Place
Extension activity 2: Everyone's an Author - Chapter 6 - Poetry and Place
Be inspired to write about landscape through the video and learning journal from the Everyone's an Author resource. Watch the video and complete the learning journal related to Chapter 6 - Poetry and Place.
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