Stage 2 excursions | Gibberagong EEC

Stage 2 school excursions at Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre provide hands-on environmental learning in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Students investigate ecosystems, sustainability and human impacts on the environment through hands-on fieldwork and bushland exploration. Our programs connect to Geography, History, HSIE, Science and Aboriginal histories and cultures, PDHPE and wellbeing.

HSIE, Geography and History excursions

Students learning about Aboriginal culture in Ku-ring-gai Chase national park

Aborginal Peoples and Country

Stage 2 HSIE; Geography; History

This program introduces Stage 2 students to Aboriginal cultural sites, local histories and connections to Country through bush exploration and hands-on learning in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park or Muogamarra Nature Reserve.

National Parks

Stage 2 HSIE; Geography

This Stage 2 Geography excursion explores the purpose and importance of national parks through field investigations in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Students discover how national parks protect ecosystems, biodiversity and cultural heritage while learning how people can care for and manage natural environments.

The Earth's environment: Forest features

Stage 2 HSIE; Geography

This Stage 2 geography excursion investigates natural environments and ecosystems in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park or Muogamarra Nature Reserve. Students explore bushland landscapes and learn how environments can be protected and cared for.

Science and technology excursions

Birds, bees, flowers and seeds

Stage 2 Science & technology; Creative Arts

This Stage 2 science excursion explores plant reproduction and pollination through outdoor investigations in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Students observe flowers, seeds and pollinators while learning how plants reproduce and support ecosystems.

Classification of living things

Stage 2 Science & technology

This Stage 2 science excursion investigates the classification of plants and animals through field observations in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Students explore biodiversity and learn how living things are grouped.

Primary students conducting environmental fieldwork

Ecosystem scientists: Living things are connected

Stage 2 Science & technology

This excursion focuses on ecosystems, biodiversity and how living things are connected, helping Stage 2 students investigate relationships between plants, animals and their environments through fieldwork in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Muogamarra Nature Reserve.

Students looking at view from Tipper's lookout

The Earth's surface (formerly Beneath our feet)

Stage 2 Science & technology

This Stage 2 Science excursion explores landscapes, rocks and landforms in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park or Muogamarra Nature Reserve. Students investigate how natural processes shape the Earth’s surface through outdoor fieldwork.