Teacher Resources

About 'Catchment Connections'

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If you want to teach about water and catchments then you can't go past Catchment Connections.

This comprehensive resource brings together the resources of the Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network (OWN) and Catchment Care to provide educators with a comprehensive range of information, lesson ideas and teaching resources. Read more about using this resource.

Catchment Connections consists of four main theme areas, with each theme covering a range of topic areas:

	Folder 1 - Understanding catchments
		Including	What is a catchment? The water cycle. What is biodiversity? Healthy catchments and unhealthy catchments.
	Folder 2 - Understanding ecosystems
		Including	What is an ecosystem? Native vegetation Wildlife / Bioindicators Inland freshwater ecosystems Estuarine / coastal marine Groundwater
	Folder 3 - Human impacts on catchments
		Including	Changed land use Salinity Water for people Polluted Water Exotic Pest Threatened Species
	Folder 4 - Taking action (JUST RELEASED)
		Including	Working towards sustainability Monitoring the environment Lanscape restoration Water conservation Pollution prevention Pest management Threatened species management

Folder 1 - Understanding catchments

An introduction to Catchment Connections

This exciting new resource has a distinctly local flavour, providing information about the birds and plants etc of the Onkaparinga Catchment area. This provides opportunities for teachers to take students out of the classroom and into the natural environment.

The folders, and the topics they contain have been organised to provide a logical flow of information and therefore create a continuum of learning outcomes for students. However, many activities can be performed in isolation and teachers are encouraged to develop their own activities based on the suggested activities, information and resources.

Table 1 provides a comprehensive table of contents for the entire Catchment Connections package and is a useful tool for curriculum planning. An overview of the four key learning themes; topics associated with those themes and the Catchment Connections activity offered for that topic is displayed in Table 1. Due to the wide scope in the style of the Catchment Connections activities, for each activity Table 1 indicates whether:

• General information is provided
• Activity/lesson outline is provided
• Student resources are provided
• Education officer is required.
  

To further assist curriculum programming, Table 1 outlines activity links to subject areas and strands contained within the SACSA framework. It is recommended that educators modify or expand activities as they see appropriate to suit particular year levels and classes and hence gain maximum benefit from Catchment Connections. Each of the four learning themes has its own resource folder containing background information, activities and resources for lesson delivery.

• Folder 1 - Understanding catchments
• Folder 2 - Understanding ecosystems
• Folder 3 - Human impacts on catchments
• Folder 4 - Taking action

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