Students are invited to attend an activities day at Amaroo EEC to help them become more aware of the importance of trees to our environment, the need to protect the creatures that rely on trees and the local history that trees could tell us if they could actually talk (Indigenous perspectives). Activities include a basic mapping game, a guided bush walk, blindfold activity and examination of seeds and seed pods.
Program details
Venue: Amaroo EEC, Kleinton
Student participation fee - see Booking Information
Duration: 4 hours
Program overview
The program overview provides:
a synopsis of the program
links to relevant parts of the Australian Curriculum
an indication of pedagogical strategies for the program's activities—based on Amaroo EEC's Pedagogical Framework (PDF, 198KB)
an outline of the teaching sequence.
Elements of the teaching sequence are colour-coded, showing which parts will be taught during the excursion by the Amaroo teacher/s and which should be covered by the classroom teacher (prior to or following the excursion) to fully cover the program's objectives. Suggestions are also given for relevant pre- or post-excursion activities and assessment tasks.
Program Overview (PDF, 893KB)
Curriculum Activity Risk Assessments (CARAs)
Because the activities associated with Amaroo's If Trees Could Talk program are rated at a low or medium inherent risk level, specific curriculum risk assessment documents for this program are not required. The risk assessment documents below have, however, been prepared by Amaroo staff if you would like to use them. They are partially completed (using the program and site knowledge of Amaroo staff), but relevant details concerning your school/visit should be added once you have downloaded them. Each CARA should be approved by your school principal and filed for your records.
Amaroo Risk Assessment - If Trees Could Talk Program (PDF, 340KB)
Resources
- Printable mapping activity to follow up the Developer Game:
Sheet 1 (A4, PDF, 75KB) Sheet 2 (A3, PDF, 60KB)