Landscapes and Landforms

Discover the landscape and landforms of Parramatta Rivers largest stand of coastal wetland mangroves

Your year 7 & 8 students will love to discover the landscape and landforms of these protected coastal wetlands. Enjoy hands-on outdoor activities using a range of fieldwork skills and techniques to gather primary and secondary data.

Activities include:

• use a Geographic Information System (GIS) to map environmental changes over time
• conduct a vegetation transect and use plant identification charts
• complete a field sketch, use weather instruments and environmental monitoring equipment
• Learn about the relationship that the local Aboriginal people, the Wangal had with the landscape.

Students will investigate the landscape and landforms of protected coastal wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park. Inquiry questions will provide a focus for students to undertake hands on fieldwork tasks including vegetation transects, using plant identification charts, field sketch, weather instruments and Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial technology. Students will also learn how the Wangal, traditional custodians of this area, sustainably utilised wetland environments.

(H2) Learning Outcomes

(H3) Syllabus information
Stage 4 Landscapes and Landforms

Outcomes
GE4-1, GE4-2, GE4-4, GE4-5, GE4-7, GE4-8

(H3) Key Inquiry Questions

• What environmental and human processes form and transform landscapes and landforms?
• Why do people value landscapes and landforms?
• To what extent are landscapes and landforms sustainably managed and protected?

(H3) Content

• Landscapes and landforms
• Value of landscapes and landforms
• Changing landscapes
• Landscape management and protection