Stage 2 incursions | Years 3–4 | Field of Mars EEC

Stage 2 (S2) incursions from Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre bring environmental and sustainability learning to your school for Years 3 and 4 students. These curriculum-aligned Creative Arts, English, HSIE Geography and Science and Technology incursions use digital technologies, storytelling and hands-on investigations to explore ecosystems, wellbeing and our connections with the natural environment.

Creative Arts incursions

Teacher demonstrating iPad photography techniques (rule of thirds and macro photography) to Stage 2 students outdoors.

Digital woodlands incursion

Stage 2 | Creative Arts

A full-day digital arts incursion where students use iPads to capture images and create digital artworks inspired by nature, textures and patterns in their school grounds or local environments, deepening their connection with nature.

Stage 2 students using iPads to photograph and arrange natural materials to create a digital artwork.

Nature’s gift incursion

Stage 2 | Creative Arts

A creative arts and digital technology incursion where students use natural materials and iPads to design visual artworks that explore patterns, colour and shape in nature.

English incursions

Teacher introducing Stage 2 students to planning, scripting, filming and editing a short nature documentary.

Documentary in a day incursion

Stage 2 | English

A full-day English incursion where Stage 2 students plan, script, film and review a short documentary about nature or a local topic in their school or community, building skills in planning, speaking, listening and multimodal storytelling.

Stage 2 students collecting sensory words and ideas outdoors to write an environmental five-senses poem.

Poetic adventures incursion

Stage 2 | English

Students explore their school and nearby natural areas. They develop tier 2 and 3 environmental vocabulary and create a visual poem from the perspective of a miniature figure using an iPad.

HSIE Geography incursions

An owl and a magnifying glass representing investigating in a protected area during an incursion.

National parks incursion

Stage 2 | HSIE Geography

Students investigate a protected area near your school, exploring features, plants, animals and management. They will explore the conservation strategies and the ways Aboriginal peoples sustainably used its resources.

Science and Technology incursions

Stage 2 students acting as ecologists, exploring school-ground habitats and recording observations in a field journal.

Ecosystem explorers incursion

Stage 2 | Science and Technology

A science and technology incursion where students investigate living and non-living elements of schoolyard ecosystems, exploring habitats, simple food chains and human impacts through hands-on investigations.

Stage 2 students developing a script and storyboard and making plasticine props before filming a stop-motion science animation.

Science animated incursion

Stage 2 | Science and Technology

Students plan and create simple digital animations to explain science concepts such as ecosystems and habitats, combining scientific understanding with creativity and digital technology skills.