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Ku-ring-gai

As part of our HSIE study of State and National Parks. We will be travelling to Kalkari Discovery Centre within Ku-ring-gai National Park. We will be guided on a walk through the National Park by the Kalkari guides and participate in a variety of experiments and activities.
Venue: Kalkari Discovery Centre – Bobbin Head
Cost: $15.00
Transport: bus
Dress: [...]

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Preserving (Saving) our National Parks

Minnamurra Rainforest in Budderoo National Park on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was a tiny rainforest remnant that was gradually but surely being loved to death by the thousands of visitors who came year after year to admire and marvel at its many wanders and bath in the icy waters of [...]

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Assignment: Saving Nemo and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the richest, most complex and diverse ecosystems in the world. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park begins at the tip of Cape York in Queensland and extends south almost to Bundaberg. The area is larger than Victoria and Tasmania combined and stretches more than 2300km along the north-east [...]

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Web Quest: Winter Olympics

Learn about the Winter Olympics with this fun Web Quest. Click the hyperlinked numbers to find the answer and then type them into a comment. Make sure you number each answer to match the questions below. Comments will be published after everyone has done their own.
Part A: Mascots

The Mascots of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are Miga, [...]

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Web Quest: State and National Parks

National parks are large areas of public land set aside for native plants, animals and the places in which they live. National parks protect places of natural beauty. They also protect places important to Aboriginal people, and places that show how people lived in the past.
Find the answers to all these questions and then type [...]

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2010 Olympic Winter Games: Torch Relay

This term we will be learning about the Winter Olympic Games and the SPIRIT OF AN OLYMPIAN. The five values we look at are: Joy of effort, Fair play, Respect for others, Pursuit of excellence, Balance between body will and mind.
The XXI Olympic Winter Games will be held from February 12-28 2010 in Vancouver and the ski resort region of Whistler. After the [...]

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