Save Our Swamps

The 'Save our Swamps' school education program is actively encouraging local schools to incorporate studies about Blue Mountains Swamps into relevant school topics such as Stage 2 HSIE & Science 'Investigating Biodiversity ' unit. By providing resources and field trips the Save our Swamps program supports schools to study their local environment rather than distant ecosystems such as the Amazon or the Antarctic. Schools can be important partners in raising community awareness about the threatened Blue Mountains Swamp endangered ecological communities in their local area.

Primary School Resources

Studies into Blue Mountains swamps can be incorporated into the Primary NSW DET curriculum.

Stage 2

HSIE/Science unit-'Investigating Biodiversity'

High School Resources

Studies into Blue Mountains Swamps can be incorporated into the following subjects:

Geography

Year 12 Ecosystems at Risk

Year 11 Biophysical interactions

Year 10 Land and Water management

Year 9 Investigating Australia’s Physical Environments.

Excursions and Presentations

The Save our Swamps project can help organise field excursions, presentations and catchment model demonstrations to support teachers integrating Blue Mountains Swamps into their curriculum. See the Warrimoo Public School Swamp page for recent pictures of a field trip.

Downloads

A series of fun and interactive worksheets for Early Stage 1 through to Stage 3 that focus on key threatened species that occur in Blue Mountains Swamps are available to download below.

Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 Worksheets (1.6mb)

Stage 2 Worksheets (1.6mb)

Stage 3 Worksheets (1.5mb)

A Unit of Work using the NSW DET Syllabus has been written for Stage 2. Download the unit below.

Stage 2 Unit of Work