Students explore Centennial Parklands to investigate how people use, manage and care for the park environments.
Stage 2 HSIE Geography
Students explore Centennial Parklands to investigate how people use, manage and care for the park environments.
Through guided observation, mapping and hands-on sustainability tasks, students examine natural and human features, learn how parks support people and wildlife, and identify ways communities can care for and protect shared spaces.
Learning intention
Students will:
- describe how people use parks for recreation, wellbeing and community activities
- identify natural and human features that make parks enjoyable and safe
- explain actions people take to care for park environments and wildlife
- compare conservation and sustainability practices within Centennial Parklands
- use geographical information to understand how parks are managed and protected.
Activities
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Park features mapping walk: Students explore key areas of Centennial Parklands, identifying natural features (trees, ponds, wetlands) and human-made features (paths, tracks, playgrounds, bins, signs). Students create simple tallies or sketches to record observed park uses and features. They make mud maps of areas and make notes of how people care for these places.
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Conservation and sustainability investigation: Students visit various areas to explore conservation actions (protected habitats, planting programs, monitoring wildlife) and examine sustainability strategies that enable caring for high-use spaces. They design a sustainability feature for minimising waste in the parklands.
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Mapping and care: Students observe and describe ways people organise places into spaces for different purposes, focusing on conservation and care.
Curriculum links and syllabus outcomes
HS2-GEO-01 explains how people care for Australia’s environments and participate in Australian society, using geographical information
Vocabulary
Park, environment, natural feature, human feature, habitat, conservation, sustainability, recycling, rules, responsibility, visitor impact, care, community.
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This program is funded through the Legacy Fund of the Centennial Parklands Foundation.