Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre

Experience Engage Enable

Telephone02 9816 1298

Emailfieldofmar-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Lesson 1 - Forest features

Lesson 1 - Forest features

Learning intention

We are learning about natural characteristics of places.

Success criteria

We can identify the vegetation layers of a eucalypt forest.

decorative image

Activity 1

Eucalypt forest | Field of Mars EEC (0:55secs) | Video transcript I | YouTube

What are the features of eucalypt forests?

Eucalypt forests contain a variety of plant species. Most of the tall trees in these forests are Eucalyptus trees. Their upper branches touch to form the canopy. These forests usually have three vegetation layers - tree canopy, shrubs and ground cover.

Activity

  • View the Eucalypt forest video.
  • Explore the virtual tour of a eucalypt forest.
  • Identify and list the features of the eucalypt forest in the video and virtual tour.

Next lesson

Related content

Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre

General enquiries

CallGet directionsMail

Follow us

We’d like to acknowledge the Wallumedegal Peoples of the Darug Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we stand and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Copyright for this website is owned by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education. For more information go to http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/footer/copyright.