Ideas for Projects

There are many projects that students can participate in that will engage them and provide authentic learning opportunities. There are 30 teaching units available on this website but here are some more ideas. Please email me any project ideas you have found worthwhile so they can be included. email val.noake@elit.edu.au.

Set up a Green Group at your school.

• The Dirty Dozen at Griffith Public School organise recycling and weeding.They have also set up a bird santuary, planting out bird attractive plants. They are currently working on a bird watching area and planning activities for World Environment Day. Read more...
• Sacred Heart Primary School, Mildura have a number of green groups Compost Kids, Wiggly Worms and SHEC (Sacred heart Environmental Community). These groups undertake an amazing aray of tasks including delivering environmental message via the in-school radio and organising a day of environmental activities for the whole school (and groups frm some neighbouring schools) with guest speakers from the community and kids teaching kids . Read more...

Create a Graffiti Banner for World Environment Day
This could be a class or a whole school activity. Propir to World Environment Day on 5 June discuss the importance of caring for the environment with students. Try calculating your environmental footprint using a of the web calculators
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/education/ecologic/bigfoot/bigfoot2007/
www.footprintnetwork.org/calculator
Students can graph the results of the class and each student or each class decides on an action they will take to reduce their footprint.
These actions are then written on a graffiti banner (a 3-5 metre length of calico with a slogan such as Help the Environment written on it ) which is hung in the classroom or school hall.

Create a Lizard Lounge
Paving and concreting and clearing logs have meant a loss of habitat for lizards and skinks. Consider creating a lizard lounge for these cute little creatures in your school garden. You don’t need a big area just somewhere protected that gets the morning sun is best. A piece of terracotta pipe, native plants or grasses, rocks, mulch, leaf litter,  a water bowl and not much more. Excellent subjects for some nature writing and drawing. Read more....

An Easy Frog Pond

Help Threatened Species in your area
National Threatened Species Day is 7 September so start working on your project now so it is ready in time. Prepare a presentation for the school assembly and publication on the Special Forever website. Multimedia texts can be submitted up until 1 September. Read more...