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| Main Location | Field of Mars Reserve, Pittwater Road, East Ryde Wallumedegal Country |
| Supply bus driver with Field of Mars Reserve bus information | |
| Field of Mars Reserve risk management plan | |
View the YouTube track overview videos. |
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| Alternate location | Buffalo Creek Reserve, 117 Pittwater Road, Hunters Hill Wallumedegal Country |
Supply bus driver with Buffalo Creek bus information. No bus entry into Buffalo Creek Reserve carpark. |
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| Buffalo Creek Reserve risk management plan | |
View the YouTube track overview videos. |
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| Bring | Backpack, medication, low-waste food, water bottle, sunblock, raincoat, hat, sturdy shoes, mask. Students wear reusable name tag and sports uniform. |
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| Supporting resources | |
| Bin access | All student waste to be taken home by students. |
| Parent/carer helpers | Optional one parent per class, no siblings. Closed shoes essential. Check COVID-19 restrictions. |
| Medical or special needs | Notify Field of Mars staff prior to excursion. Students, staff and visitors must not attend if unwell, even with mild symptoms. |
| Extreme or wet weather | Days predicted to be above 35ºC, high winds, extreme bush fire danger and dust storms may result in the excursion being modified, postponed or cancelled. |
| Cancellations | Cancellations with less than three school weeks' notice will incur a $500 administration fee. This does not apply to cancellations due to weather, fire danger or COVID-19 restrictions. |
Time |
Classes A, B |
Classes C, D |
| 9.45 - 10.30 | Introduction Recess and toilets |
Introduction Recess and toilets |
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Bushwalk |
Habitat development Insect hotel |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Lunch |
Lunch |
| 12.30 - 2.00 | Habitat development Insect hotel |
Bushwalk |
| 2.00 - 2.15 | Pack up and depart |
Pack up and depart |
Students role play being a park ranger. They will use maps for checking on animal habitats and checking on the bush walking tracks. They will improve a habitat for school by making an insect hotel.
Inquiry questions
Where do animals live in the reserve?
What makes a place suitable for an animal to survive?
How can we improve an area to help living things thrive?
Fieldwork
Bushwalk
Dressed as rangers, students will explore natural areas looking at animal habitats. Using a map, checklist and hands-on activities, students will explore what makes a habitat suitable and whether the rangers can help to improve the environment. Field of Mars EEC will provide child-sized high-vis ranger vests for this activity.
Habitat improvement
Students meet one of the animals that lives at the in the reserve. Students investigate the reserve to determine habitat suitability for a range of animals. They will design their own mini scale national park providing habitat for a range of animals.
Build an insect hotel
Using an interactive game students will learn about the types of homes liked by some insects. Using materials and tools provided students will produce an insect hotel to take back to school, one per class. The insect hotel should be placed off the ground, hung on a wall or placed on a bench, near a garden bed to provide a home for insects.
Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus (2017)
Outcomes
A student:
Content
Working scientifically skills
Producing and implementing
Living things live in different places
Students:
Geography K-10 Syllabus (2015)
Outcomes
A student:
Content
Features of places
Students:
investigate features of places and how they can be cared for
Learning across the curriculum
Sustainability
The protection of environments.
Civics and citizenship
Students develop a sense of local responsibility.
Geography K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2015
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, 2017
Additional resource - Habitat Digital book for iPads and Macs
address
Field of Mars Reserve
Pittwater Road
East Ryde NSW 2112
telephone 02 9816 1298
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.
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