Who cares about national parks?
TEACHER RESOURCE
Geography, English, Creative Arts, Science Stage 2 | Years 3-4
This Stage 2 learning unit focuses on how and why we care for national parks in NSW.
It includes a mix of learning content, summative and formative activities, guidance notes and editable activity worksheets. The unit has been designed for teachers to customise the resources to their needs. This means it can be taught in entirety from start to finish, or 'pick and mix' style with specific lessons and activities selected.
We recommend viewing the WCANP Stage 2 teacher guide first to check the appropriateness of these resources. We then also recommend looking at the pages of the student site as a second step.
The teacher guide includes:
description of teaching unit and lesson summaries
NSW syllabus outcomes by learning area
preparation instructions for delivery.
Stage 2 resources
What is a national park?
Learning areas:
Geography, English
Formative activities:
1.1 What is a national park?
1.2 Find your local national park
Summative activities:
1.3 Plan a holiday to a national park
1.4 Design your own national park
Natural environments
Learning areas:
Geography, English, Creative Arts
Formative activities:
2.1 Recognise natural environments
Summative activities:
2.2 Virtual tours of national parks
2.3 Field sketching
Who works in national parks?
Learning areas:
Geography, English, Creative Arts
Formative activities:
3.1 A day in the life of a ranger
3.2 Job role play
Summative activities:
3.3 NPWS job application
Protecting native plants and animals
Learning areas:
Geography, Science, English
Formative activities:
4.1 Frog call dictionary
4.2 Lifecycles
Summative activities:
4.3 Creature features
4.4 Animals in national parks
4.5 Plants in national parks
Threatened species
Learning areas:
Geography, English, Creative Arts
Formative activities:
5.1 Physical features of threatened species
5.2 Threatened species field study
5.3 Interpreting data
Summative activities:
5.4 Threatened species wanted poster
5.5 Independent research task: Threatened species profiling
Class activity: animal habitats
What is heritage?
Learning areas:
Geography, English, Creative Arts
Formative activities:
6.1 Understanding the importance of heritage
Summative activities:
6.2 Investigating historical sites
6.3 Understanding Aboriginal connection to Country
6.4 Make your own heritage map
Caring for national parks
Learning areas:
Geography, English, Creative Arts
Formative activities:
7.1 Caring for national parks
7.2 National park poster
Summative activities:
7.3 Build your own national park
We are continually improving these Stage 2 resources and welcome your feedback.
Please direct any questions or comments to education.npws@environment.nsw.gov.au