Features of Places

Students will explore the places they live in and belong to while observing and describing features of places.

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Stage

Stage 1

Subject

Geography

Duration

2 hours

Location

Rathborne Lodge, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

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Cost

Minimum charges apply. Discounts apply for full day programs!

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Students will explore the best of the natural and human features of the Botanic Garden and use geographic information and tools to interpret the environment.

Students will

  • Observe the natural and human features of different parts of the Garden on a guided discovery walk.
  • Create an ephemeral map to interpret the features they have observed.
  • Participate in a storytelling experience and discuss how to care for the natural world.

Key content

  • Investigate the human and natural features of the Botanic Garden, e.g. buildings, playgrounds, garden beds, lakes and ponds.
  • Observe how people use the Garden for a variety of purposes, e.g. visitors, scientists, horticulturists.
  • Identify the features of places by creating and interpreting simple maps.
  • Engage with storytelling to learn about how to care for local wildlife.
  • Consider how people can be caretakers of their local places.

Links to New South Wales curriculum

Geography

  • Describes features of places and the connections people have with places (GE1-1)
  • Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places (GE1-2)
  • Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry (GE1-3)
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Participate in a storytelling experience and discuss how to care for the natural world.