Incursions and excursions

The Phosphorus Awareness Project (PAP) offer a range of incursions and excursions that teach students about catchments, nutrients and algal blooms. They also cover how we can look after our local waterway systems. All incursions are linked to the Curriculum Framework, a teacher pack of information and resource sheets will be left for the class after the incursion/excursion and best of all, they are free!

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Planting Opportunities (All Years – June - October)
Students get a chance to get dirty at a local rehabilitation site where they will plant local native species! The benefits of planting these species will be covered in detail including increasing biodiversity and improving the health of rivers and wetlands.

Algae Busters – Catchment Story Incursion (Years 1-4)
Interactive presentation where students learn about catchments, nutrients and algae. Students participate in a fun catchment story about nutrient sources and see first hand what happens when nutrients enter our river and wetland systems. Students also learn how to save our rivers and wetlands.

River Food Web Incursion (Years 5-12)
Students not only learn about catchments, nutrients and algae but also how complex river and wetland ecosystems are. Students become an animal or plant and interact with other animals in the system. They will discover just how reliant they are on each other when an algal bloom occurs!

Building a Frog Pond Incursion (All Years)
A must have presentation if a school is considering building a frog pond. Wetland systems are discussed and then a mini frog pond is constructed in the classroom.
All the essential elements in constructing a frog pond are covered in detail.

Go Fish! - Canning River Fish Incursion (Years 5-12)
Students go 'fishing' and discover what fish are found in the freshwater section of the Canning River.  What affects our native fish is discussed and students help to create healthy fish habitat.  What we can all do to look after our native fish and our waterways is also covered.

Clean Drains River Gains Incursion (Years 5-12)
Students learn about catchments, pollution and algae with an emphasis on stormwater drains. Students will locate drains in the school grounds and then the Clean Drains River Gains message will be painted on them. Students will learn in detail how to keep our rivers healthy.

Resource sheets

Our Rivers Need You!
A fun colouring in worksheet that explains where nutrients comes from, how it affects our rivers and what we can do about it.

Where Does the Water Go?
A fun colouring in worksheet which shows where water from our houses and our street drains flow to.

Please Don’t Feed Us
A fun colouring in sheet about why we should not feed bread to water birds.

Clean Drains River/Wetland Gains
Another fun colouring in sheet about drains and frogs.

Go Fish! - How I Can Protect our Native Fish
A worksheet to help students think about what activities they and their families do that may affect native fish and what they can do to protect them.

Detergents We Use In My Home
A worksheet to be completed at home with the help of parents. A close look at the types of detergents used at home.

Questionnaire: Phosphorus Use Around The Home
Another worksheet to be completed at home with the help of parents. Makes families think about how much phosphorus they may be putting into the environment.

Buyer Beware – Read the Labels!
A worksheet designed to make the student think about how different products are marketed.

The Great Algae Growing Exercise
A fun scientific activity where students discover what makes algae grow.

Our Waterways Need You To Help Stop Algal Blooms
A worksheet to help students think about what activities they and their families do that may contribute to algal blooms and what they can do to prevent them.

Creative Activities
Suggestions for students to participate in a fun phosphorus activity!

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