Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre - NSW Environmental Education Centres

Longneck Lagoon EEC

Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre plays a major role in the delivery of sustainability education and fieldwork programs for schools in Western Sydney. It is one of the 24 Environmental and Zoo Education Centres (EZEC) across NSW. The lagoon and surrounding woodland provide opportunities for students in Kindergarten to Year 12, TAFE, universities as well as community groups to study freshwater and woodland ecosystems.

Longneck Lagoon EEC is located on Whitmore Road, Maraylya, in Scheyville National Park, 12 km north of Windsor. The national park comprises 952 hectares of remnant Cumberland Plain Woodland including a 17 hectare freshwater lagoon which provides a range of sites for studying the physical, cultural and historical features of the site. Scheyville National Park has a significant Aboriginal and European heritage. There are several Aboriginal sites located around the lagoon including middens and camp sites. European history dates back to 1794 when the area formed part of the Nelson Common. The impact of this land use can be observed around the Longneck Lagoon catchment.

Longneck Lagoon EEC offers a variety of curriculum based environmental education and fieldwork programs for Kindergarten through to Year 12. The centre aims to engage and challenge students while contributing to their development as responsible and environmentally literate citizens.

The centre sits on Darug Country.

Visit Longneck Lagoon EEC website

Maps end here

K-6

Who's bugging who

Science

Stage 2

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

Students will explore these inquiry questions through a range of activities. They will dipnet and examine the external features of aquatic insects and amphibians under microscopes. The life cycles, special adaptations snd survival needs of living things are discussed. Students will develop an understanding of the interdependence of species by participating in a web of life activity.

Program details

View all available programs

7-12

Human impacts

Earth and Environmental Science

Stage 6

The fieldwork undertaken during this excursion supports Module 4 (Human Impacts). The excursion enables students to investigate how human land use has effected the soil, the impact of introduced species and experience a range of fieldwork methodologies.

Program details

View all available programs

Resources

Physical world

Science and technology

Early stage 1

Go for a short walk outside. Try to find as many things that you can that are moving – birds flying, leaves falling, ants crawling, clothes flapping on the line and so on. How many different things can you find that are moving? Draw a picture of each of the things you have found and make a statement about the way in which they are moving.

Learning intention: Activities are designed to engage students with the outdoors, investigating how push and pull forces create movement and introducing the concepts of force and motion.

Student activities

View all learning resources