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NSW ecosystems on show

Learning objects NSW ecosystems on show

TLF ID M021769

This resource highlights fifteen natural ecosystems found in New South Wales. Each resource has been designed for students investigating ecosystem types in NSW, providing a greater understanding of their location, function, how they are impacted by human activity and how schools and communities can work to protect them. Teachers and students can use this resource in an environmental investigation or as part of an excursion, for example, in preparation for visits to these ecosystems.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource contains information and resources that supports the study of the Living World outcomes from the NSW K-10 Science syllabus document. Also supports Stage 4 and 5 content areas in the Geography K-10 syllabus.
  • Stage 1 and 2 students will need teacher support to access the content.
  • For each ecosystem there is a brief description of its location, main features, plant and animal species that occur there, environmental or cultural significance and associated conservation issues.
  • The NSW Department of Education Environmental Education Centres (EECs) that provide student learning programs in that particular ecosystem are listed.
Year level

1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Adaptation (Evolution) Animal behaviour Growth (Animals) Plant structure and function Environmental sustainability Animal structure and function Sheltering behaviour Habitats Food chains Animal reproduction Living things Scientists Decomposition (Living things) Ecosystems Plant reproduction Data analysis Breeding cycles Classification Sand dunes Problem solving Symbiosis Conservation (Environment) Consumers (Food chains) Curiosity Scientific inquiry Sunlight Design briefs Dry sclerophyll forests Food webs Environmental impact Mangrove swamps Rainforests Nature reserves Water Physical characteristics (Animals) Plant growth Predictions (Science) Wetlands Lifestyles Patterns Similarity (Classification) Wet sclerophyll forests Taxonomic rank Discovery (Observations) Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Physical characteristics (Plants) Urban areas Modelling
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW\, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW\, Department of Education
  • Description: Author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW\, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW\, Department of Education
  • Description: Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW\, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW\, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.