Bird watching (day or camp)

Year 4 Australian Curriculum (Science)

Complements C2C Unit 2: Ready, set, grow!

Students board our timber dories and use binoculars to spot, identify and record the birds of Moreton Bay. They investigate the relationship between the birds and this precious coastal environment.

Students engage in discussions and questioning about how human activity can impact of the habitat of living things.

SU: Living things, including plants and animals, depend on each other and the environment to survive (ACSSU073)

• investigating how plants provide shelter for animals
  
• observing and describing predator-prey relationships.
  

SHE: Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships (ACSHE061)
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)

SIS: Questioning & Prediciting (ACSIS064)
Planning & Conducting (ACSIS066)
Processing and analysing data (ACSIS216)
Evaluating (ACSIS069)
Communicating (ACSIS071)

(Half day)

Year 5 Australian Curriculum (Science)

Complements C2C Unit: Survival in the Australian Environment

The bills, feet and legs of water and shore birds are great predictors of where and how they live. By looking at these adaptations students can reliably hypothesise about the food the bird s eat. Students board small motorised vessels (called Dories) to make these observations and explore the waterways around Jacobs Well. They are procided with binoculars and record sheets to identify birds and record their observations.

SU: Living things have structural features and adaptations that help
them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)

SHE: Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena (ACSHE081)

SIS: Questioning and Predicting (ACSIS231)
Planning & Conducting (ASSIS086); (ASSIS088)
Processing and analysing data (ACSIS090); (ACSIS218)
Communicating (ACSIS093)

(Half day)

Year 6 Australian Curriculum (Science)

Complements C2C Unit: Life on Earth

Students glide silently though the waterways of Jacobs Well aboard motorised timber boats called 'Dories'. From this vantage they observe and record the bird life of the area. They learn that, in response to physical environmental conditions, migrating birds embark on epic journeys from Siberia, Alaska and other locations in the northern hemisphere to reach the warm and productive shorelines of moreton bay and the Gold Coast.

SU: Growth and survival of living things is affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094)

SHE: Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidentce to develop explanations of events and phenomena (ACSHE098)
Science knowledge is used to inform personal decisions (ACSHE220)

SIS: Questioning and Predicting (ACSIS232)
Planning & Conducting (ASSIS0105)
Processing and analysing data (ACSIS107); (ASSIS221);
Communicating (ACSIS110)

(Half day)