Outdoor Education

Content

Students engage in experiential learning based on three focus areas: conservation and sustainability, human connections with nature, and personal growth and development. Students develop skills, knowledge and understanding of safe and sustainable outdoor experiences.

Students engage in direct and personal experiences in various natural environments to reflect on their study of natural areas and their potential to promote personal and group development, health and wellbeing, environmental learning and sustainable living.   

Assessment

About the natural environment  20%

• Environmental study: Dune study - 800 words
• Human interactions: Kuitpo Forrest - 800 words   

Experiences in the natural environment  50%

• Kayaking expedition: Planning and reflection - 1000 words
• Bushwalking expedition: Planning and reflection - 1500 words 

Connection with the natural environments  30%

• Environmental investigation 2000 words 

Additional Information

A subject levy of $600 is payable before the first camp/excursion.

Camps and excursions have moderate to high physiological demands.  Students will require a good level of physical fitness to complete the course's practical components successfully.