Stage 3 incursions | Years 5-6
Our Stage 3 incursions are designed for Years 5 and 6 students and bring environmental and sustainability learning in creative arts, English, geography and science and technology into your classroom or school grounds. Developed by Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre in Sydney, these programs support the NSW curriculum and give students rich opportunities for digital creativity, inquiry, fieldwork-style investigations and explaining science ideas about local environments.
Creative arts incursions
Digital woodlands incursion
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.
Nature’s gift incursion
Creative arts
A creative arts and digital technology incursion where students use natural materials and iPads to design visual artworks that explore pattern, colour and shape in nature.
English incursions
Documentary in a day incursion
English
A full-day English incursion where Stage 3 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 texts.
Poetic adventures incursion
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
Factors that shape places incursion
HSIE geography
A Geography incursion where students investigate natural and human processes that shape places in their local area, using maps, images and inquiry tasks to explore change over time and sustainable management.
Science and technology incursions
Adaptations incursion
Science and technology
A science incursion where students investigate structural and behavioural adaptations of animals, linking features to survival in Australian environments and changing conditions.
AR adaptations incursion
Science and technology
A digital Science and Technology incursion where students use augmented reality (AR) and design tools to visualise and create animals with specific adaptations, then explain how their features help them survive.
Science animated incursion
Science and technology
Students learn key science concepts and then use simple animation tools to create short animated sequences that explain their understanding of adaptations.
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Learning resources
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Flora and fauna fact sheets
Read our animal, plant and habitat fact sheets for use in the classroom or at home.