Primary Education Programs
Waterwatch primary school programs feature lessons that collect real, useful data, help students gain scientific skills and develop understandings of chemical, physical and biological processes in the natural world around them. Lessons are hands-on and discovery-based to promote students' sense of wonder in the natural world and engage the curiousity of young scientists.
Waterwatch lessons are linked to the ACT curriculum framework and and the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI).
2008 Offerings
Water Quality Monitoring
Using techniques practiced throughout the country, students assess the chemical status of a waterway and explore their findings.
Water Bugs!
Students evaluate water quality based on the capture and identification of aquatic insects, and use them to assess the long term health of the waterway.
(classroom version, outdoor version)
Living Places
Students describe a riparian area’s health on the basis of easily observable parameters and develop strategies for improving their waterways.
Storm Water Action
Students discover how storm drains work and how to best protect our urban lakes and the Murrumbidgee River on their own street corners.
Understanding our lakes, rivers and streams isn't all about science. Students explore their local waterbody in terms of art, map-making, qualitative and quantitative valuingnand creative writing. Feel free to download the associated Watewatch journal for this lesson.
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