Forest Around Our School

This program was created to introduce students to the socio-scientific issue of deforestation, through classroom work and filed trips.

The aim of this program is to assist students to investigate the forests around Australian schools to that they can:

• Analyses the importance of how large scale changes in envrionement leads to local and global system changes

• Apply real-world data to draw conclusions about the impact of natural and human impacts on forest ecosystems, and society

• Develop an action plan to address the problem of deforestation in thier local area

• Produce written communication suitable for a variety of media and publications.