Year 11-12

These high school geography excursions use Sydney Olympic Park’s important wetlands system to increase students’ awareness of ecosystem management, human impacts and conservation.

Duration: 4 hours
Cost: $14.50 per student
Location: Sydney Olympic Park Education Centre
Bookings: 02 9714 7888

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Biophysical Interactions – Year 11

Year 11 geography students conduct field work around Bicentennial Park’s intertidal wetlands to help them understand biophysical interactions.

This high school excursion examines interactions between the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere. It investigates human impacts and management of the spheres and the intertidal wetland environment as a functioning system.

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Ecosystems at Risk – Year 12

In this wetlands excursion, Year 12 geography students investigate how intertidal wetlands function.

On their field trip, students conduct fieldwork tasks, including:

• vegetation transects
• quadrant sampling
• sketching land use maps
• using scientific equipment.

Students study the natural and human stresses placed upon wetlands and the management strategies used to protect them. In a session using a geographic information system (GIS), students learn about past and present land uses that impact on the wetlands.

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