Ecosystem explorers | Stage 2 | Science and technology incursion

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.
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

Suggested timetable

Local bushland site
Time	Activities
9.15 - 9.45	Introduction Toilets, recess, equipment bags distributed
9.45 - 12.30	Bushwalk and activities, including recess
12.30 - 1.00	Lunch and toilets
1.30 - 2.30	Bushwalk and activities
2.30	Return to school

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School site
Time	Activities
9.00 - 11.00	Introduction Ecosystem investigation - small animals
11.00 - 11.30	Recess
11.30 - 1.00	Ecosystem investigation - Habitats
1.00 - 2.00	Lunch
2.00 - 2.30	Food chains and ecosystem relationships

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