Changing Places- Sydney Olympic Park; A colourful past, a bright future

Year 9 & 10 students can journey through the Sydney Olympic Park urban centre and parklands to shed new light on our changing community and learn about our management and planning for the future.

Students gain first hand insights into the environmental, social and economic sustainability principles that underpin the growth of our Park - Australia’s largest urban renewal project. Students will complete a range of fieldwork tasks and geographic skills to assist them to answer the Focus Question "How has Sydney Olympic Park effectively managed environmental change to enhance sustainability?"

Activities include:

• Fieldwork activities include drawing a field sketch and conducting an urban sustainability survey
• Compare current and historic photographs, interpret and label photographs
• Make and record observations of the surrounding work, living and green spaces in relation to liveability.
• Interpret trends in population data and

As a post excursion activity the students can rise to the challenge of designing their own sustainable township in today's increasingly urbanised world.

(H2) Learning Outcomes

(H3) Syllabus information
Stage 5 Changing Places

(H3) Outcomes
GE5-2, GE5-3, GE5-5, GE5-7, GE5-8

(H3) Key Inquiry Questions

• How does urbanisation change environments and places?
• What strategies are used to manage environmental change in urban places to enhance sustainability?

(H3) Content

•   Causes and consequences or urbanisation & Australia’s urban future