The submission of this form is a formal request for an excursion booking at Centennial Parklands on the date/s and time/s specified. Once we receive your form we will allocate your booking based off of our availability and will respond with a booking confirmation document.
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A quote for your excursion will be sent to you with your Booking Confirmation. Teachers and assisting adults are free of charge.
For details on Excursion costs please see Plan Your Excursion
To allow us to invoice your school following your excursion, please complete the following.
The receiving of a booking confirmation document by email constitutes an agreement that your lesson/s are booked and confirmed and subject to our cancellation policy.
Please make a note of the contact details below in case you do not hear from us within a week.
Education Office Centennial Parklands Locked Bag 15 Paddington 2021
Phone: 02 9339 6645 (Phone is staffed Mon, Tue and Thu 9am - 12pm) Email: education@centennialparklands.com.au
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub: a Dynamic Ecosystem provides senior biology students with the opportunity to engage in data collection along a transect and analyse the varying impacts of abiotic and biotic factors on this endangered ecological community, Aligned with the Module 4: Dynamic Ecosystems, this program enhances understanding through hands-on experience. Bookings are now available from mid-March 2024.
Students will gain an understanding of the Endangered Ecological Community, Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (ESBS) through engaged scientific investigation and use this information and their own knowledge to make predictions about the future management and protection of this ecosystem.
Measuring biotic and abiotic factors along a transect to determine interrelationships
Recognising historical and potential future effects of environmental and human pressures on the ecosystem.
Collaborate in small groups to formulate and propose strategies for alleviating one or more of the recognised pressures on the ecosystem.
BIO11/12-1 develops and evaluates questions and hypotheses for scientific investigation
BIO11/12-3 conducts investigations to collect valid and reliable primary and secondary data and information
BIOL11/12-5 analyses and evaluates primary and secondary data and information
BIO11-10 describes biological diversity by explaining the relationships between a range of organisims in terms of specalisation for selected habitats and evolution of species. BIO11-11 analyses ecosystem dynamics and the interrelationships of organisms within the ecosystem The Education Access Pass Program covers all program and transport costs for schools with an FOEI higher than 125 and community organisations that work with groups in need. Please contact us directly with the name of the program and your group size and we can help you organise a free program. This programs is funded through the Legacy Fund of the Centennial Parklands Foundation.
education@gsp.nsw.gov.au