NSW Environmental Education Centres

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Brewongle Environmental Education Centre

Brewongle EEC

Our vision is to connect every learner to the natural world and inspire change for a sustainable future.

Brewongle Environmental Education Centre is one of 25 Environmental Education and Zoo Education Centres supported by the NSW Department of Education. We are located on Darug Country in the forest above Dyarubbin - the majestic Hawkesbury River at Sackville North, NSW. The Centre supports schools with curriculum, leadership and wellbeing implementation across a range of subjects with an emphasis on sustainability and environmental values. Student centred /inquiry based learning techniques form the basis of our hands on, authentic learning programs. We offer teachers and students pre and post excursion tasks to provide context and extend the learning beyond the field trip experience. We offer both day and camp programs for students from K-12 and work with many outside agencies to achieve excellence in our program delivery. We design and deliver an extensive array of professional learning events for teachers with a major focus on Aboriginal Education.

Brewongle is on Darug Country.

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Aboriginal Education

History

Stage 3

The Darug people have occupied the Western Sydney region for more than 22,000 years. Darug culture is connected to the country, people and to the spirituality of the land. With the eucalypt forest as the setting students will learn about the importance of Country and Place to the Darug nation, they will also discover their tools, food, culture, art and music. 

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Water in the world

Geography

Stage 4

The Hawkesbury Nepean River has been a vital part of our landscape for many thousands of years. It played a key role in the lives of Indigenous Darug People living in the area, the early European Settlers, and is important to many thousands of people today. This Geographical Inquiry will focus on the environmental and human processes that influence the availability and distribution of water, with a particular focus on the Hawkesbury River at Sackville North. The program includes loads of fieldwork and mapping skills as well as pre- and post-excursion lessons and an assessment task.

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Ecosystem dynamics

Stage 6

The following is a virtual fieldwork program to support Module 4 of the Year 11 Biology syllabus: Module 4 - Ecosystem Dynamics. This program can support the 15 hour depth study syllabus requirement. The inquiry question you will be studying is: What effect can one species have on the other species in a community?

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