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We design school packages.

(Updated 27/3/2015)

We can supply learning and activities packages for students from primary to tertiary.

These are in the topics listed below:

Mount Elephant student package.

Geology:

Worldwide volcano types

Western district volcanoes.

Relation to early landforms.

Geology of other visible mountains.

Links to other information.

Sociology:

Volcanoes and aboriginal Country.

Volcanoes and european settlement.

Mount Elephant and the local community: ownership, quarries, management, pests, tourism,

Geography:

Volcanoes related to soils, water and vegetation.

Volcanic soils and agriculture.

Ownership of volcanoes and impact on visitors.

Effect of European settlement on the landscape.

Biology:

Likely biodiversity before European settlement and after.

Ways of adapting to a dry environment.

Student Activities:

Measure Mount Elephant: height, diameter, volume of rock, value @$10/cu.m. How much was extracted from each quarry?

Crosswords, hidden words, multiple choice quiz,

Draw the mount at different important times. (before, during and after eruption and white settlement).

List the types of rock and inclusions and explain why they are there.

What is the effect of weather, time and aspect on the geology and biology?

Why do different volcanoes produce different soils?

List the indigenous and introduced plants. When and how did they arrive?

Reasons for change of plant species over time.

Cause of pests and methods of control.

List potential uses for the mount, and the ways it affects the surrounding community.

List the different ways the mount could be owned and how this would affect the management, funding, public access, and community involvement.

List the ways that basalt is used now and in the past.

List what can be seen from the summit and note them on a map. When did each occur?

What early artists painted Mount Elephant, and how would the scene be different now?

What animals might you see and when?

What could be done to encourage or discourage them?

How could we make your mountain experience more interesting? Both as a student and as a tourist.

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