Stage 3 incursions | Years 5–6 | Field of Mars EEC

Stage 3 (S3) incursions bring environmental and sustainability learning into Year 5 and Year 6 classrooms and school grounds.

Led by qualified NSW Department of Education teachers, students investigate local environments, digital media, creative responses, geographical change and science concepts through hands-on and technology-rich activities.

Programs support Creative Arts, English, HSIE and Science and Technology, with a focus on inquiry, critical thinking, communication, fieldwork-style investigations and explaining environmental ideas.

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Support adaptation and environmental inquiry with fact sheets about plants, animals, habitats and changing environments.

Creative Arts incursions

Hands holding an iPad showing a close-up lizard on moss, representing digital nature photography.

Digital woodlands incursion

Stage 3 | Creative Arts

A Creative Arts incursion where Stage 3 students use iPads outdoors to photograph natural features, create digital artworks and tell visual stories inspired by nature.

iPad displaying a colourful nature collage beside leaf litter and moss, representing digital art inspired by natural materials.

Nature’s gift incursion

Stage 3 | Creative Arts

A Creative Arts incursion where Stage 3 students use iPads, natural materials, patterns, textures and colours to create nature-inspired digital artworks.

English incursions

iPad video-editing timeline with wildlife footage and media tools open, representing student documentary editing in iMovie.

Documentary in a day incursion

Stage 3 | English

An English incursion where Stage 3 students plan, script, film and review a short nature documentary while developing speaking, listening and multimodal text skills.

LEGO minifigure on an iPad in a wet creekside setting, representing storytelling and poetry inspired by nature.

Poetic adventures incursion

Stage 3 | English

An English incursion where Stage 3 students collect sensory words, environmental vocabulary and outdoor observations to create poetry and visual texts.

HSIE Geography incursions

Water-quality testing chart and colour scale kit on muddy ground, representing geography fieldwork data collection.

Factors that shape places incursion

Stage 3 | HSIE Geography

An HSIE incursion where Stage 3 students investigate natural and human processes that shape places, using maps, images and inquiry tasks to explore change and sustainable management.

This program will retire at the end of 2026.

Science and Technology incursions

Hand lens on moss with leaf litter, representing close observation of invertebrates and animal adaptations.

Adaptations incursion

Stage 3 | Science and Technology

A Science and Technology incursion where Stage 3 students investigate structural and behavioural adaptations and explain how animal features support survival in changing environments.

Leaf insect beside an iPad and stylus showing an AR drawing, representing augmented reality learning about adaptations.

AR adaptations incursion

Stage 3 | Science and Technology

A Science and Technology incursion where Stage 3 students use augmented reality and design tools to create animals with specific adaptations and explain how their features support survival.

iPad showing a stop-motion clip of a plasticine animal model on a mossy rock, representing science animation.

Science animated incursion

Stage 3 | Science and Technology

A Science and Technology incursion where Stage 3 students use simple animation tools to explain science concepts such as adaptations, habitats and animal features.

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iPad displaying a Field of Mars digital learning resource that supports excursions, incursions and fieldwork skills.

Learning resources

Access digital learning resources, social stories and preparation materials that support Stage 3 incursions.

Illustration representing native plants, animals, habitats, ecosystems and environments used in Field of Mars EEC fact sheets.

Fact sheets

Explore animal, plant, habitat, ecosystem and environment fact sheets for classroom learning, research and fieldwork preparation.