Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre - NSW Environmental Education Centres

Rumbalara EEC

Our centre provides syllabus related fieldwork at ideal Central Coast locations and supports environmental sustainability.

Rumbalara provides a range of fieldwork for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 across all Key Learning Areas (KLA). Use the tabs at left to find out more about individual programs. We can also design a new program for your school site or local area if current programs do not meet your requirements.

The centre sits on GuriNgai country.

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K-6

Features of places

Geography

Stage 1

An adventurous bushwalk and hands-on investigation of Rumbalara Reserve that allows students to use the geography inquiry process; to examine interconnections between natural and human features and sustainability for the future. Students have the opportunity to design/build Aboriginal gunyas and investigate animal shelters on a fun treasure hunt.

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7-12

Marine and aquaculture technology

Science

Stage 5

Conduct primary research on the environmental conditions that have shaped adaptations and the patterns of life on rock platforms, beaches, estuaries/ coastal lagoons. There is a focus on the sustainable management of these popular places. Can be conducted at many locations depending on your special focus - fish, invertebrates and birds.

Coastal lagoon field work can include a scientific investigation of microplastics in the environment using transects and quadrats. Microplastics can be viewed with a digital microscope and types of plastics will be classified into size and type. Possible sources and solutions to microplastics will be discussed.

Sites that the program may be conducted at include Bateau Bay Rock Platform, Bensville Wetlands and Coastal Lagoons (Wamberal, Terrigal, Avoca and Copacabana).

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Resources

The needs of living things

Geography

Stage 6

Porters Creek Wetland ( PCW) is located in the NSW Central Coast. The wetland covers an area of 5 sq km and is the Central coast's largest freshwater wetland. For a small wetland it has a high biodiversity, including several endangered species. Within its 50 sq. km catchment, PCW plays a vital role in filtering runoff that drains through the wetland, into the Wyong River and then into Tuggerah Lake. Increasing pressure from human activities, particularly rapid urbanisation, in the Porters Creek Wetland catchment is threatening the integrity and functioning of the wetland. Management strategies are needed to increase the resilience and sustainability of the ecosystem while protecting its natural heritage (biodiversity) and utility value (environmental services). Ecologically sustainable development in the catchment is a key to the successful management of PCW.

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