Hunter Wetland Centre Australia (HWCA) - School Education Program

The HWCA Wetlands Environmental Education Centre and school education program is underpinned by a valuable partnership with the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET).

Pacific Golden Plover : Phil Straw

The program offers a series of topics to cater for students across a range of age and ability levels (from Kindergarten through Year 12) and reflects topics in the NSW School Curriculum.

The program includes:

• topics on wetland birds and animals, wetland habitats, ecosystem values and functions, and management issues.
• Wet and Wild project - internet competition
• Envirothon project - Year 11 competition
• Feathers, Flyways and Friends – a comprehensive website hosted by HWCA that includes school resources such as the publication Feathers, Flyways and Fastfood; sliding puzzles; memory games; colouring stencils; and a powerpoint presentation on ‘Migratory Waders in Our Region’.
• Links to shorebird education sites

Bird Observers Club of Australia - Western Port Shorebird Education Kit

The Westernport Shorebird Education Kit has been developed by BOCA and a group of Environmental Science Masters students from Monash University. The kit is aimed at upper primary school children.

Content:

• shorebirds of Western Port, Victoria
• general information on shorebirds, their habitat, threats and the management of threats
• good news stories
• activities, including worksheets
• powerpoint presentation