Learning in Nature Resources

Envi­ron­men­tal Edu­ca­tion Action Plan

The Envi­ron­men­tal Edu­ca­tion Action Plan 2021 – 2024 is a co-designed pro­gram to be deliv­ered by the Depart­ment for Envi­ron­ment and Water and the Depart­ment for Edu­ca­tion. The Pro­gram sup­ports local stu­dents to get out of the class­room more often and into local parks, gar­dens and nation­al parks. It also sup­ports edu­ca­tion and career path­ways for stu­dents. The five key areas are:

• Learn­ing in nature
• Tools for teaching
• Stu­dent pathways
• Under­stand­ing con­ser­va­tion and sustainability
• Part­ner­ing with Com­mu­ni­ties and industry

For more infor­ma­tion down­load the Action Plan or vis­it the Depart­ment for Edu­ca­tion.

For edu­ca­tors

• Be part of an inven­tion con­ven­tion about marine parks in South Aus­tralian waters -
  Pri­ma­ry School Teacher Resource (Years 5 & 6)
  Dive into marine sci­ence in your class­room and inspire your stu­dents to design a sci­en­tif­ic tech­nique to mon­i­tor or sur­vey ani­mals, plants and the envi­ron­ment in South Australia’s marine parks. This cur­ricu­lum-linked, Pri­ma­ry School (Years 5 & 6) resource is designed to sup­port teach­ers in schools imple­ment teach­ing and learn­ing pro­grams about marine parks in South Aus­tralian waters through STEM and inte­grat­ing the Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Cross Cur­ricu­lum Pri­or­i­ties and Gen­er­al Capa­bil­i­ties.
  Ver­sion 8.4 Aus­tralian Cur­ricu­lum (cur­rent cur­ricu­lum) — PART 1
  Ver­sion 8.4 Aus­tralian Cur­ricu­lum (cur­rent cur­ricu­lum) — PART 2
  Ver­sion 9 Aus­tralian Cur­ricu­lum (new cur­ricu­lum to be rolled out by 2024)
  
  
• Under­stand­ing more about marine parks in South Aus­tralian waters –
  Sec­ondary School Teacher Resource (Years 7 – 10)
  Explore the con­nec­tions that we have with the ocean and inspire your stu­dents to design a new eco­tourism ven­ture in your local marine park. This cur­ricu­lum-linked, Sec­ondary School resource is designed to sup­port teach­ers in schools imple­ment teach­ing and learn­ing pro­grams about marine parks in South Aus­tralian waters through Geog­ra­phy, Tech­nolo­gies, Sci­ence and Work Stud­ies and inte­grat­ing the Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Cross Cur­ricu­lum Pri­or­i­ties and Gen­er­al Capa­bil­i­ties.
  Ver­sion 8.4 Aus­tralian Cur­ricu­lum (cur­rent cur­ricu­lum)
  Ver­sion 9 Aus­tralian Cur­ricu­lum (new cur­ricu­lum to be rolled out by 2024)
  
  
• Teach and Learn resources about the Aus­tralian sea lion and marine con­ser­va­tion, in sup­port of Sealion Spot­ter and the movie ​‘Sea lions: Life by a Whisker’, cur­rent­ly being aired on ABCIVIEW:
  
  Aus­tralian sea lions and their habi­tats – Foun­da­tion, Yr 1 – 2
  A sus­tain­able future – Foun­da­tion, Yr 1 – 2
  Clean­ing up the ocean – Years 3 – 4
  Let’s help mon­i­tor Aus­tralian sea lions – Years 5 – 6
  Sea lions, oceans and cli­mate change – Years 7 – 1

For stu­dents

• Green Ade­laide Nature Education
• Land­scape South Aus­tralia Mur­ray­lands and Riverland
  
• Land­scape South Aus­tralia Eyre Peninsula

Oth­er use­ful resources

• Nature Play SA – fam­i­lies in parks
• Good Liv­ing – con­nect­ing with SA’s environment
• Green Ade­laide Nature Education
• Land­scape South Aus­tralia SA Arid Lands – Edu­ca­tion kit
• Land­scape South Aus­tralia Mur­ray­lands and River­land — edu­ca­tion programs
• Land­scape South Aus­tralia Lime­stone Coast – teacher resources