Junior Park Explorers
Year level: New entrant - Year 2
This programme immerses younger students in the wonders of nature in their local regional park. Students go bug hunting and make friends with a tree. Birds, plants and insects are brought to life through story telling and interactive activities. More...
Native Nurturing
Year level: Years 3 - 8
Through historical accounts and a multi-sensory walk on the Port Hills, students discover and consider the different values associated with two contrasting landscapes; Podocarp forests and tussock grassland... More...
Forest Survivor
Year level: Years 3 - 8
Students will identify organisms making their homes in the exotic forest environment. They will learn about safety in the outdoors, including how to build a bivouac shelter out of fallen materials. More...
Freshwater Frolicking
Year level: Years 3 - 8
At the Groynes or Styx Mill Conservation Reserve, students identify a range of stream invertebrates and explore the wider food chains and life cycles. More...
Wetlands, Waders and Waterboatmen
Year level: Years 3 - 8
Take a trip to Travis Wetland, Christchurch's largest freshwater wetland and an important habitat for native wetland plants and birds. Students learn about the biodiversity of the wetland, go pond dipping to discover the underwater species, and get behind a pair of binoculars to check out the huge variety of bird life. More...
Creative and Native
Year level: Years 5 - 8
In the Botanic Gardens, students explore scientific terms around the life and origin status of New Zealand biodiversity, before investigating how and drawing conclusions as to why our biodiversity has changed over time. More...
Wetlands - Customised programme
Year level: Years 9 - 13
Students can discover what lives in and around the wetlands and examine current environmental issues in these areas at Christchurch's wetland Reserves. More...
