IN-SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS DESIGNED FOR UPPER PRIMARY

Free for limited number of schools in the Palmerston and Litchfield area.
Register interest before May 31, 2024.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Learn about the role native plants and animals play in addressing climate change, creating habitat and enhancing biodiversity:

  • In-school educational and interactive presentations for Year 3-6.
  • Engaging and fun outdoor activities, with local Top End experts.
  • Meet a ‘real life’ NT Botanist & Vegetation Scientist and inspiring women in STEM.
  • Meet some of the animals that call your backyard home!
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SESSION 1 – NATIVE FLORA

  • Leaf and Plant Discovery – a fun interactive introduction.
  • Recognising and Collecting Different Plant characteristics.
  • Preserving our Unique Top End Ecosystems – understanding the role of plants and vegetation.

SESSION 2 – NATIVE FAUNA

  • Why are wildlife important and what roles do they play in the local environment?
  • Meet and handle some local native species of wildlife.
  • Find and describe wildlife around your school grounds.
  • Session #2 will extend knowledge from Session #1, highlighting the inter-dependence of Top End species, habitats and biodiversity.
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LEARNING AREAS

Tailored to T-10 Australian Science & STEM Curriculum V 9.0 and NTCET

  • Identify, plan and apply elements of scientific investigations.
  • Make predictions, record observations. Measure and control variables.
  • Conduct field work and laboratory experimentation to collect reliable data.
  • Represent, sort, compare, analyse and identify data, patterns, trends and relationships.
  • Communicate ideas, findings and evidence using scientific language and representations.
  • Summarise data and draw conclusions based on evidence.

GENERAL CAPABILITIES

Tailored to Year 3-6 Australian Science & STEM Curriculum V 9.0 and NTCET

  • Literacy.
  • Numeracy.
  • Intercultural Understanding.
  • Critical and Creative Thinking.
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability.

TESTIMONIALS

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