Ecosystem explorers incursion | Stage 2 Science and Technology | Field of Mars EEC

Cost and details

Cost 2026	DoE $27 per student – GST free Non-gov $37 per student – GST free, min charge $750 per class
Risk assessment	Risk management plan
Classes	Recommended maximum 6 classes. If leaving school grounds, ensure teacher to student ratio of 1:15.
Bring (if leaving school)	Sports uniform, backpack, medication, low-waste food, water bottle, sunblock, raincoat, hat, sturdy shoes, reusable name tag.
Watch	Preparing for your excursion Eucalypt forest learning resource
Welfare	May not suit recently unwell participants. For medical or special needs notify staff prior to program.
Extreme or wet weather	Program may be modified, postponed or cancelled due to predicted extreme temperatures, bush fire danger, heavy rainfall, high winds or dust storms.
Booking policy	Confirm student numbers and classes 7 days in advance.
Cancellation fee	Less than 30 working school days – $600 Less than 7 working school days notice – full cost Weather or fire danger cancellation – $0

Activities

Activities may vary depending on student needs, timing and weather.

Nature journal

Students identify the four spheres of Earth’s environment using visual prompts and examples from your school or local natural site and sketch one feature for each sphere.

Living and non-living

Students collect small loose items from the ground and sort them into living and non-living categories, justifying their decisions using clear criteria. Students select one item to record as a watercolour drawing in their journal.

Animal evidence

Students use a field guide to locate and identify evidence of animals in their school. Students record observations in a table that links evidence to the animal, tally counts and the habitat layer where it was found.

Habitat investigations

Students investigate a habitat tree from base to canopy, sketching and labelling features that support animals, such as hollows, shelter, pathways and food sources.

Interactions

Students observe an animal and map its movements to show how living things interact with the environment.

Suggested timetable

Time	Activities
Session 1	Introduction Bushwalk and activities
	Recess
Session 2	Bushwalk and activities Conclusion
	Lunch

Timetable may vary depending on location.

Please include your school's bell times in the notes section of your booking form.

Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary

connections, investigate, classify, interpret, depend, evidence, impact, ecosystem, habitat, food chain, predation, herbivore, carnivore, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere

Syllabus outcomes and content

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus (2024)

Physical and living systems depend on energy

Outcomes

• Uses information to investigate the solar system and the effects of energy on living, physical and geological systems ST2-SCI-01
• Uses and interprets data to describe patterns and relationships ST2-DAT-01

Content

Living things depend on energy and materials to survive

• Identify the systems of Earth that make up environments: air – atmosphere, land – lithosphere, water – hydrosphere, living things – biosphere
• Describe how the needs of living things are provided by the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere
• Describe the relationship between habitat, ecosystem and environment
• Observe and describe living and non-living things in a habitat
• Describe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ practices support habitats to survive
• Describe the transfer of energy between plants and animals using food chains, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024