Beneath our feet
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About this program
Students will participate in hands-on activities that address the importance of soil. This will include a look at the history of the REEC site as the original NSW Soil Conservation Station and the improvements made to the soil over the years.
BIG IDEAS:
- Landscapes have changed over time.
- Landscape changes such as weathering and erosion, can be attributed to natural causes and man-made influences.
- Geologists look at the processess that form landscapes and processes which destroy terrain.
- Soil is made up of an extensive variety of substances, minerals and rocks.
- There are three main types of rocks. Each of these types of rocks are formed in different ways.
Focus: This study aligns with 'Beneath Our Feet' from the Primary Connections series.
This program reflects the new English, Mathematics, HSIE Science, Creative Arts and PDHPE Syllabus outcomes.
Important information
Students will:
- look at historical soil experiments with different grasses
- observe different coloured topsoils and attempt to match to soil colour palettes
- conduct two different erosion experiments using bare soil and grass soil pits
- observe different types of rocks from the REEC collection
$5 per student
This is a 4 hour program from time of arrival at REEC.
ST2-SCI-01 uses information to investigate the solar system and the effects of energy on living, physical and geological systems
- Identify the systems of Earth that make up environments: air – atmosphere, land – lithosphere, water – hydrosphere, living things – biosphere
- Describe how the needs of living things are provided by the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere
- Describe the relationship between habitat, ecosystem and environment
- Explain how the forces produced by wind, water and living things weather rocks
- Research and describe the changes to the landscape caused by earthquakes and volcanoes
- Research, describe and model the internal structure of Earth
- Describe and model how forces produced by moving water cause erosion
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- Fill out our online booking form
- Email us at riverina-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- Call us on 02 6932 9134
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