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Environmental Education This is hands-on biodiversity for kids and teachers in primary schools across NSW and the ACT. The Golden Paw Award is the main prize of the Foundation’s annual threatened species drawing competition. It closes each year on September 7, which is National Threatened Species Day. The competition is curriculum-based and comes complete with lesson plan for a fun way to learn all about Australia’s threatened animals. Click here to find out all about the Golden Paw Award The Foundation has funded teacher resources that raise awareness and appreciation of unique endangered species such as the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby, the Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail and the Lord Howe Island Land Snail. The kits contain hands-on classroom activities that make it fun for teachers and students to study biodiversity. Download Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail Teachers' Kit pdf The Discovery program makes a visit to national parks twice as much fun. Explore plants, wildlife, historical sites and geological wonders with a ranger. It’s amazing what you can discover if only you know where to look. Discovery tours include activities such as spotlighting and run in all national parks during school holidays. The Foundation kick-started this program by funding the pilot program. Eco Ranger is a new environmental community education program that teaches students the fascinating secrets of our eco systems right on the spot, in the bush. The children (aged 12 to 14) use specialist equipment to survey and map small areas of the bush, identify plants and animals, measure acidity and temperature of the soil and present their findings to their classmates. There are several Eco ranger activities throughout NSW during school terms. Eco Ranger classroom
and biodiversity study program cover Stage 4/5 Science of the syllabus.
Dates are booked by arrangement. The program takes 4 hours and costs $11
per student (minimum 15; maximum 45) Inquiries
for Sydney South & Illawarra: |
Only
when we understand our fragile natural environment will we be able to
conserve it. To grow appreciation and awareness of environmental issues
we fund projects that inform about the need for conservation and about
the many ways in which people can get involved: