Year 7-10

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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Global Environments Wetlands – Year 7

In this wetlands excursion, Year 7 geography students use fieldwork techniques and field aids to gather information about Sydney Olympic Park’s wetlands.
This data helps students understand how wetlands function and how humans can care for them.

Activities include:

• site-specific mapping exercises to build mapping skills
• use of a geographic information system (GIS) to show how the site has changed over time.

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Global Issues and the Role of Citizenship  – Year 8

Year 8 geography students conduct a field trip through Bicentennial Park to assess impacts on mangrove wetlands due to human activities, past and present.

Students conduct fieldwork using a range of skills and techniques. They use a Geographic Information System (GIS) and determine the future management of the wetlands. This information empowers the students to become active environmental citizens.

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Investigating Australia’s Physical Environments –Year 9

Year 9 geography students explore natural living environments such as mangrove wetlands, salt marsh and eucalypt forests.

This wetlands excursion includes fieldwork to:

• draw and label plant features
• measure abiotic factors
• calculate the size of areas to assist in biodiversity management.

Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), students are able to demonstrate changes to Bicentennial Park’s land use.

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Issues in Australian Environments – Year 10

In this field trip to Sydney Olympic Park, Year 10 geography students assess human impact on the Park’s waterways and wetlands.

Students use geographic skills and fieldwork tasks, including the use of a GIS, to collect primary data for a report.

A key part of this environmental excursion is examining water quality issues such as:

• pollutant types
• point sources of pollution 
• evaluation of current management strategies 
• development of innovative new strategies to improve water quality.

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