Stage 3 excursions
Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre offers curriculum-aligned Stage 3 excursions in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and beyond. Students engage in hands-on geography fieldwork and environmental investigations, exploring ecosystems, sustainability and environmental change. Programs support learning in Geography, Science and cross-curriculum priorities while developing inquiry, observation and fieldwork skills.
Stage 3 HSIE, Geography and History excursions
Our programs support geography fieldwork in Sydney, with hands-on investigations in real ecosystems.
Aboriginal Knowledges and Practices
Stage 3 HSIE; Geography
This Stage 3 excursion explores Aboriginal Peoples’ connections to Country and introduces learners to the importance of Cultural obligations, traditional fire practices and caring for land.
Factors that shape places
Stage 3 HSIE; Geography
This excursion focuses on Stage 3 Geography fieldwork, where students investigate how people and environments influence each other, land management and bushfire impacts through hands-on inquiry in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Places - Geography for a sustainable future
Stage 3 HSIE; Geography
This program focuses on Stage 3 Geography and sustainability, where students investigate environmental change, human impacts and strategies for a sustainable future through fieldwork in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park or Muogamarra Nature Reserve.
Stage 3 Science and Technology excursions
Students explore environmental change, conservation and strategies for protecting natural environments.
Adaptations
Stage 3 Science & Technology
This program focuses on Stage 3 Science, where students investigate how plants and animals adapt to different ecosystems, including mangroves and forests, through hands-on fieldwork and observation.
Where the lyrebird lives
Stage 3 Science & Technology
This program introduces Stage 3 students to the lyrebird’s habitat, behaviour and role in forest ecosystems through storytelling, listening activities and bush exploration in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Stage 3 PDHPE, leadership and wellbeing excursions
Students learn through hands-on experiences in bushland, waterways and cultural landscapes.
Bush survival skills
Stage 3 PDHPE
This Stage 3 outdoor learning excursion develops bush survival skills and environmental awareness. Students build confidence through practical outdoor experiences.
Explore outdoor
Stage 3 PDHPE; Wellbeing
During this Stage 3 outdoor learning excursion, students develop confidence and environmental awareness while participating in outdoor exploration, teamwork and problem-solving activities in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Leadership and teamwork
Stage 3 leaders
This program targets High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) students, focusing on leadership, teamwork, problem-solving and outdoor learning through experiential activities in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Wellbeing walk
Stage 3 PDHPE; Wellbeing
This program focuses on wellbeing, mindfulness and outdoor learning, helping students build resilience, emotional awareness and connection to nature through guided activities in Muogamarra Nature Reserve.