Education
Education kit
The Education Kit was developed for local teachers and schools to plan learning experiences for year 3-6 students. Information is locally relevant and will help young people learn more about the existing natural resources management (NRM) projects in the SA Arid Lands (SAAL) region involving our water resources, native vegetation, threatened species, weeds and feral pests. The kit can also help them develop their own NRM projects.
The kit has been compiled by primary school teachers now working in the field of natural resource management.
Supporting photos are also available on request. Please contact the SA Arid Lands Landscape Board office.
Native species fact sheets for students
- Bronzeback legless lizard and Pernatty knob-tailed gecko
- Chestnut breasted whiteface and grey falcon
- Fawn and dusky hopping mice and kowari
- Plains rat and southern marsupial mole
- Plains wanderer and thick-billed grass wren
- Woma python and inland taipan
- Woomera slider and black striped floodplains skink
- Yellow-footed rock wallaby
Andy the Ant
Andy the Ant’s Arid Adventures is a fun activity book to help school-aged children understand the natural resources of the amazing SA Arid Lands. It is particularly ideal for keeping the kids engaged – and occupied as you travel through the region!
Follow Andy the Ant on his travels as he meets Robby the Rascally Rabbit, Keith the Kowari, Camilla Camel, Fiesty Fred the Feral Cat, Barry the Bearded Dragon, Wanda the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Regina and Russell the Rangers and Pete and Pam the Pastoralists. Children can then test their knowledge with games, including sudoku, crosswords, dot-to-dot and find-a-word. And, while you're travelling, tell them to keep their eyes peeled to tick off the plants and animals they see using the spot-o-cards.
Get your copy
You can download Andy the Ant's Arid Adventures.
How did you go?
So you've read Andy the Ant's Arid Adventures and completed all the games. Want to know how you went? Here's an answer sheet, but no cheating!