Indigenous Rangers from the Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation (ASRAC) will be joined by freshwater ecologists, to help school students learn about life in their local freshwater systems, and how macroinvertebrates can be studied to understand health of these ecosystems. The ASRAC Rangers will take school-aged kids to the local freshwater wetland to collect samples,…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Koala Citizen Science Training Day in the Hawkesbury
The Sydney Basin Koala Network has been established by the Total Environment Centre and WIRES to create a collaborative and supportive network for koala advocates across the region. Our overarching aim is to protect and expand connected, thriving Koala core habitats and corridors across the Sydney Basin. Whether you live in the Hawkesbury or elsewhere,…
Gascoyne Rocks
Spend an evening learning about all things rocks in the Upper Gascoyne. First spend time as a geologist uncovering the secrets of the wide range of rocks that have formed the land on which we stand in the Upper Gascoyne. From gems to ancient sea fossils, there is much to uncover about Gascoyne Rocks. Then…
Megafauna at Yulara
Dr Adam Yates, of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, will be giving a public talk in the Arkani Theatre at Ayers Rock Resort, Yulara, NT. The talk covers the origin of Australia’s red-centre, in particular how our unique Australian animals responded to the great drying that began about 10 million years…
Koala Citizen Science Training Day in the Hawkesbury
The Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN) has been established by the Total Environment Centre and WIRES to create a collaborative and supportive network for koala advocates across the region. Our overarching aim is to protect and expand connected, thriving Koala core habitats and corridors across the Sydney Basin. Whether you live in the Hawkesbury or…
Koala Citizen Science Training Day in the Hawkesbury
The Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN) has been established by the Total Environment Centre and WIRES to create a collaborative and supportive network for koala advocates across the region. Our overarching aim is to protect and expand connected, thriving Koala core habitats and corridors across the Sydney Basin. Whether you live in the Hawkesbury or…
Koala Citizen Science Training Day in the Hawkesbury
The Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN) has been established by the Total Environment Centre and WIRES to create a collaborative and supportive network for koala advocates across the region. Our overarching aim is to protect and expand connected, thriving Koala core habitats and corridors across the Sydney Basin. Whether you live in the Hawkesbury or…
Koala Citizen Science Training Day in the Hawkesbury
The Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN) has been established by the Total Environment Centre and WIRES to create a collaborative and supportive network for koala advocates across the region. Our overarching aim is to protect and expand connected, thriving Koala core habitats and corridors across the Sydney Basin. Whether you live in the Hawkesbury or…
Innovation Fueled Lunch Breaks
This year for National Science Week our senior students and staff will run engaging and age-appropriate innovative STEM activities with our R-9 students across two 45-minute lunch breaks. Stations will be set up in our biology lab and will showcase current innovation in the areas of, alternative energy and fuel cells, food sources, connecting our…
Scientist in Residence – Cleaning up our waterways
During Term 1 and 2, our Kindy students have been learning about the problems caused by polluted water, especially regarding the impact that it has on animals in the water, such as turtles and fish. They have been very interested in activities that allow them to clean up dirty or contaminated water sources. These activities have included…