Water Works – River Erosion Model

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Facilitated Day Program
Years: Grade 3 - 7
Students: 25 students
Duration: 1 hour
2012 cost: $5 per student (minimum group cost $75.00)
2013 cost: $5.50 per student (minimum group cost $77.00)
Teacher / student ratio: 1:25

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Discover the Gardens’ famous river model
Explore the effects of habitat loss and past land management practices
Connect man made and natural activities to the health of a river system

Dig in and build your own river. Investigate erosion and deposition by adding rocks, fallen trees, plants and snags. Investigate the impact of erosion and human activity on a healthy river system. Discuss habitat loss, past land management practices and current Landcare practices and their affects on Australia’s river systems.

The Australian Curriculum – Science Links
Nature of Science: Science helps us to understand our world and can be used to make predictions, science ideas and understandings change as new evidence becomes available

Science in the community: People in the local community use science in a range of ways for example in caring for plants and animals and informing sustainable practices

Influence of science / Science and culture: Science has led to changes in the way people live and its applications both influence, and can be influenced by, personal and community choices including making decisions about resource use and sustainable management of the environment

Structure and function of living things: The obvious structural features of plants and animals and the functions of these features

Relationships and Interactions of living things: Interactions between living things in a habitat

Change at the Earth's surface: Some identifiable characteristics of the Earth’s surface are the result of natural processes of change, such as weathering and erosion

Using Earth's resources: Human activity, such as the use and management of water, energy sources and mineral resources, can have consequences for the environment and other living things.