Stage 2 Junior School Wentworth Falls & Springwood

Students will learn about natural environments and explore the Penrith Lakes Area.

Activities include:

Introduction to Penrith Lakes and Australian environments

Key inquiry questions covered:

Geography: Places are similar and different

• Yowie hunt using compass directions
• Terrestrial and aquatic invertebrate ‘hands-on’ discovery and bird observation.
• How and why are places similar and different?

Science: Living world

• How can we group living things?
• What are similarities and differences between the life cycles of living things?
• How are environments and living things interdependent?