The Earth's environment - School habitats

The Earth’s environment - School habitats incursion

Geography

How do natural habitats support animals?

Through teacher-led and student-directed activities Stage 2 students will investigate and record the characteristics of school habitats, evidence of animals and their interconnection with the environment.

During the walk the students will undertake a variety of fieldwork activities. Observations will be recorded in the students’ fieldwork journals made prior to the incursion.

Location

Your school

Program details

Program cost

• DoE school cost is $12 per student - GST free.
• Non Gov school cost is $22 per student - GST free. Minimum charge $600.

Program timings

• Maximum 3 sessions per day.
• Session length 1.5 hours.

Program resources

• The Earth’s environment: School habitats program
• The program supports the Geography Teaching Framework: Natural Environments. It also strongly connects to the Science Living World content: ‘Living things, including plants and animals, depend on each other and the environment to survive.’