Teacher Resources
National Water Week
http://www.wetlandcare.com.au
http://www.wongawetlands.nsw.gov.au/index.htm
This website contains excellent section under ‘Download and links’ for teachers, including photocopied sheets, pictures and hands on activities.
Murray-Darling Basin
http://kids.mdbc.gov.au/teachers_guide
‘Basin Kids’ is a site prepared especially for students, their parents and teachers to explore the facts and issues relating to the vast Murray-Darling Basin.
Water Saving
http://www.sydneywater.com.au/EnsuringTheFuture/WaterSchool/
TeachersResources.cfm
Sydney Water has developed a variety of resources for students from Early Stage 1 to Stage 4. These resources aim to reinforce Sydney Water's water saving messages and to encourage students to become water saving ambassadors. These resources can be adapted for the MIA.
Logs have life
http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/firewood-kit/index.html
Developed for primary school students, the ‘Logs Have Life Inside’ music and education kit aims to teach children the message that logs have life inside. This message is delivered by reminding students that hollow logs and trees provide homes, nesting sites and feeding grounds for a variety of plants and animals, and by exploring the impact of firewood collection on Australia 's native wildlife. The kit also encourages students to protect our native habitats by suggesting simple strategies for conserving dead wood.
National Tree Day
http://www.planetark.com.au/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/3/story.htm
This website contains information for schools who are interested in participating in National Tree Day.
The Riverina Environmental Education Centre
http://www.reec.nsw.edu.au
The Riverina Environmental Education Centre is a facility of the Department of Education and Training located within the grounds of the Department of Natural Resources in Wagga Wagga. The Departments' have an agreement for the Centre to be operated as a co-operative venture and both are represented on the Advisory Committee. The Riverina Environmental Education Centre is committed to assisting students, teachers and the broader community in understanding and improving the quality of their environment.The Centre has two full time teachers and two main classrooms. Any school or appropriate community group is welcome to use the facility.
Link back to School Programs
Link to Student Web-based games
Link to Workshop (Primary)
MIA EnviroWise program has been made possible thanks to funding from the
Australian and NSW Government's National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.
