Exploring EcoSystems – Incursion

F-Y2: How are ecosystem, biodiversity and habitat connected? Why are non-living elements of an ecosystem important? What can we do to improve ecosystem health?

Y3-6: What do Ecosystems need to be healthy? How do humans impact habitat health? What is the role of the community in keeping local ecosystems healthy?

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Program overview

Hosted by expert educators, students will develop their understanding of living and nonliving things and the impacts of human activities on an ecosystem through hands-on activities. Our educators will guide students through problem solving and action planning to create change within their school community and explore solutions to increase biodiversity at school or home.

Through a variety of hands-on activities your students will:

Years F – 2

explore what an animal needs in its environment to survive
investigate the elements of a healthy ecosystem
consider how humans can care for local ecosystems

Years 3 – 6

learn about and identify elements of a healthy ecosystem for a variety of organisms
consider how living things are connected within an ecosystem
explore how human impacts on ecosystems are affecting individual animal species
consider how humans can care for local ecosystems, habitats and organisms

You’ll receive a school teacher guide, including instructions for optional activities to do before and after the CERES incursion to get your students thinking, discussing and actively contributing to a world that is environmentally sustainable for all living creatures.

Learning outcomes

Years F – 2

Students can identify living and non-living things in an ecosystem
Students can identify what an animal needs in their habitat to survive
Students consider how humans can impact local ecosystems
Students develop an action plan to increase habitat and food resources within their school while assisting to increase biodiversity in the local area – completed after the incursion with the school teacher

Years 3 – 6

Students can identify living and nonliving things in an ecosystem
Students can identify the various connections between animals and plants including connections of food, shelter, pollination and fertilisation
Students understand the threats facing the fauna in their local area to consider possible protective actions
Students develop an action plan to increase habitat and food resources within their school while assisting to increase biodiversity in the local area – completed after the incursion with the school teacher