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Save our catchment – virtual excursion

Learning objects Save our catchment – virtual excursion

TLF ID M025282

This virtual excursion offers twelve video lessons that form a sample investigation of pest species invading Australian riparian zones. Filmed on Bundjalung Country, the excursion traverses mid north coast NSW Upper Clarence River Catchment, connecting each video to companion classroom and field learning tasks. The invasive, noxious weed Cats Claw Creeper threatens this sample riparian zone and highlights complex challenges to sustainable conservation of its precious waterways. Students and teachers are encouraged to identify their own sites for investigation, promoting knowledge systems for healthier catchments in local areas across NSW.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Save Our Catchment is divided into twelve work units. Each work unit contains an episode and accompanying worksheet. Solutions to tasks included in worksheets are provided at the back end of the print materials. Episodes have been designed to be used independently or as a systematic series.
  • The resource has potential for flipped classroom practices and directly links Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture cross curriculum priority along with Sustainability.
Year level

9; 10

Topics Aboriginal peoples Land custodianship Creating texts Food products Primary industry Pollution Environmental management Environmental sustainability Sustainable development Social services Word meanings Asia Maps (Geographic location) Attitudes Australia Rivers Biodiversity Climate Data representation Introduced species Data collection Climate change Reasoning Conservation (Environment) Geographic location Fibres (Materials) Evidence Social equality Soil Vegetation Environmental stewardship Environmental impact Regional development Tourism Human impact Evaluation Travel Environmental degradation Fieldwork Geographical information systems Inquiry-based learning Lifestyles Distributions (Statistics) Causality Referencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Research questions Crop yields Biomass (Ecosystems) Pacific Island peoples
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.