Eucalypt forest | Geography student learning resource | Field of Mars EEC
Resource overview
Eucalypt forest is a Stage 2 learning resource from Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre that explores how eucalypt forests support living things and how people and animals use these environments. Across six activities with videos and virtual tours, students identify key forest features and vegetation layers, then investigate how animals use the ground layer, shrub layer and canopy for food, shelter and movement; it supports Earth’s environment and Ecosystems explorers incursions and excursions.
Learning intention
- We are learning about how the environment supports the lives of living things.
Lesson 1 - Forest features
Students watch a short video and explore a virtual tour to identify the natural characteristics and vegetation layers of an eucalypt forest.
Lesson 2 - Forest layers
Students investigate how native animals use the ground cover, shrub layer and tree canopy in a eucalypt forest, using videos and outdoor observation activities.
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