Wednesday, February 20, 2013

HSIE - Local Environments

A range of different Australian National Parks can be explored here and here.

This Teacher's Guide and Fact Sheets produced by The National Parks and Wildlife Service compliment any learning unit on National Parks!

Indigenous protected areas (also known perhaps as Aboriginal sites) are introduced and discussed in the video below:

Indigenous Protected Areas – Overview from Parks Australia on Vimeo.


Some information on Bush Medicine and tools:

Bush medicine and tools from Parks Australia on Vimeo.


What does a Park Ranger do? (With a focus on animal poaching in Africa)



Working at Australia's Kakadu!



What is it like to work in an Arctic National Park? (Canada)



Caring for National Parks - supporting them (America:



Play the Dust Echoes Hive Alive game!

Finally, a great range of links for teachers is here.