Tag: Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting rural and remote schools by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Rural and Remote Specials: S20 – Finding Frogs Australia is home to about 240 species of native Amphibians, all of which are frogs. In urban areas, human development has reduced the natural habitat available to frogs. Help record frog calls to measure frog health and distribution around the nation. Join Karen from Australian Environmental Education to learn about frogs living in your local area and how you can join Australia’s biggest frog count.

This program is linked to Frog ID week celebrated between 11-20 November. Virtual Excursions Australia Australian Environmental Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting rural and remote schools by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Rural and Remote Specials: S19 – Flyover Friends An introduction to our feathered, flappy and flyover friends. Birds are found in every environment around the world, including our very own  Centennial Park. During this program we are going to investigate – what makes a bird, a bird? We will take you on a virtual tour of some of the sites and habitats where birds are found at Centennial Park. How different birds build their nests and raise young. We are then going to take a look at all the interesting, adaptable and amazing things birds can do!

Are you ready for a join us? Virtual Excursions Australia Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST1-4LW-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-1WS-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting rural and remote schools by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Rural and Remote Special: S18 – In their Element Bring the periodic table to life in this interactive online lesson. Students see real samples of common elements, learn about their history, properties and uses, and find out how the periodic table was developed during the 19th century. Students review atomic structure, elements and the organisation of today’s periodic table, before applying their knowledge and skills in a fun periodic table game. Virtual Excursions Australia Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HT1-2, GE1-1, GE1-2 Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Chemical World HSIE Geography People and Places (Stage 1 – Year 1 and 2) Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting rural and remote schools by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Rural and Remote Special: S17 – Features of Living Things Join the team at Sydney Zoo to learn about features of animals and their environments. Students will explore ways to improve environments for animal survival and meet Australian ambassador animals.

Students have the option to create their own animal out of clay and natural materials under the guidance of the Sydney Zoo educator. Virtual Excursions Australia Sydney Zoo Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HT1-2, GE1-1, GE1-2 Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography People and Places (Stage 1 – Year 1 and 2) Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Rural and Remote Specials: S15 – Turtle Connections In recognition of Threatened Species Day, Reef HQ Aquarium is offering a virtual learning experience. Join their marine educators to gain an understanding of the biology and adaptations of sea turtles. Using case studies from the Reef HQ Aquarium Turtle Hospital, you will examine the impacts of marine debris and look at how sea turtles are affected by other human threats, and what actions are being taken to help protect sea turtle populations. Virtual Excursions Australia Reef HQ – Great Barrier Reef Aquarium Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary ST1-10ES-S, ST1-1WS-S, ST2-10ES-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST3-10ES-S, ST3-1WS-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Rural and Remote Specials: S14 – Come yarn with Aunty Kim! Join Aunty Kim for a yarn, a wetland wander, and traditional string making to create your very own friendship bracelet!
Aunty Kim, a proud Joondaburri saltwater woman, will lead your students through the beautiful Badu wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park, sharing knowledge of Culture. Students will learn how natural resources were used sustainably by First Nations peoples for millennia. Aunty Kim will talk about how weaving is integral to her Culture and show the students a woven eel trap, with a design that was engineered perfectly thousands of years ago, to ensure sustainable fishing! Aunty Kim will finish up by demonstrating the traditional practice of string making and help the students make friendship bracelets. Virtual Excursions Australia Sydney Olympic Park Authority Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST1-10ES-S, ST1-1WS-S, ST2-10ES-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST3-10ES-S, ST3-1WS-S Aboriginal Culture and History English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Rural and Remote Specials: S13 – Exploring Space Explore space with robotic coding unplugged challenges. Take one small step, then a giant leap as we investigate the exploration of our Solar System. In teams, learners will work in a coding unplugged game with Scratch as they look at how robots learn to explore hostile worlds such as Mars.

Then Stage 1-3 dives into their specific content, causes of day and night, Earth’s relationship with the Sun, Earth’s place in our Solar System. 

To end, we look at the future of space exploration and the roles young learners may play in the future. To the stars… Virtual Excursions Australia Powerhouse Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST1-10ES-S, ST1-1WS-S, ST2-10ES-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST3-10ES-S, ST3-1WS-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Earth and Space English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Rural and Remote Specials: S12 – Fantastic Flying Fox Every night around sunset, a black cloud of thousands of flying foxes leave Centennial Park’s swamp to find food. Did you know that we humans depend on them as they help to spread pollen and seeds? Find out many fascinating facts about these incredible animals and how they help us survive! 

Learn more about the habitat provided for the Flying Foxes at Centennial Park, and what we are doing to ensure this vulnerable species thrives here.  Virtual Excursions Australia Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST1-4LW-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-1WS-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Rural and Remote Specials: S11 – Cook and Banks: Charting the Great Southern Land Join the Australian National Maritime Museum on an investigation of the fascinating story behind Cook and Banks’ voyage on the HMB Endeavour across the Pacific to the rumoured Great Southern Land. Discover why they embarked on such a momentous three year voyage, where they stopped along the way and what the conditions on-board HMB Endeavour were really like.

Learn more about the significant contributions of the expert navigator and skilled cartographer, Lieutenant James Cook, along with the young botanist Joseph Banks with his party of scientists and artists. Virtual Excursions Australia Australian National Maritime Museum Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Australian Curriculum – ACHASSK083, ACHASSK084. NSW Syllabus – HT2-3, HT2-4 HSIE History Australian History: Community and Remembrance, First Contacts (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Rural and Remote Specials

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting the NSW Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning.