Land-based environments
Through land-based environments students understand what is in their backyards, school grounds and local environment.
These resources relate to land-based plants and animals.
If you can’t find the topic you are looking for look on the freshwater or coastal and marine environment pages.
The big picture
The big picture looks at the basic principles of sustainability and understanding our environment, the interconnectedness of our ecosystems, local and global perspectives and the impact of human decisions.
Adelaide’s biodiversity
Unit of work
Terrestrial habitat
Units of work
Information pack
Other
Investigating
Students undertake hands-on monitoring and research of an aspect of their local environment to deepen their understanding of environments and ecosystem health.
Ants
ID chart
Information packs
Birds
Units of work
Information packs
ID charts
Butterflies
ID chart
Other
Fungi
ID chart
Local native plants
Information pack
ID charts
Other
- Creature feature digests: a complete list of published ‘Creature Feature’ articles - Volume 1 and Volume 2
Mammals
Unit of work
- Bats unit with Australian Curriculum Science links – Gumeracha Primary School
Other
Natural things
Information pack
Other local native animals
Other
Weeds and pests
ID charts
Other
Taking action
Students apply their new understanding of the environment and human impacts, and act to preserve or restore the local environment. Taking action is about empowering students to share their skills and knowledge with the local community to effect change.
Be inspired by how other early learning sites and schools are taking action for biodiversity by browsing case studies.
Attracting wildlife to your garden
Fact sheets and information packs
Local native gardens
Information packs
Fact sheets
Nest boxes
Information pack
Fact sheets
Other
Photo point monitoring
Fact sheet
Revegetation and habitat restoration
Information pack
Fact sheets
Related links