Courses

School Groups

The following fieldwork activities and units are currently available to school groups visiting the LCCC;

* Infants

- Bush Detectives

(Tracks, scats, & other evidence to see what animals live in the bush).

* Primary

- Bush Detectives,

- Landuse

(Looks at what humans need and how they use the land and how aboriginal people managed the land),

- Water Bugs

(Students survey Mini Lake Cowal to collect, classify, count, identify and record water bugs to determine health of the site),

- Catchments.

(What is a catchment?, our Lachlan catchment, unhealthy & healthy catchments, importance of vegetation for catchments, ways to clean up our catchment).

* Junior secondary - Yrs7&8

- Climate Change Snapshot

(Includes powerpoint presentation on the basics of climate change, students make greenhouses and record temp. changes, students also complete a personal energy audit).

* Y10 Geography

- Biodiversity Study 

(School Certificate Skills)

(Includes; using clinometers, basic transect for vegetation structure, species identification, climate, plant adaptations, food chains, and soil testing.

* Seniors – Preliminary & HSC

- Senior Science/ Biology Ecosystem Study (HSC).

(Includes; using clinometers, transect, quadrat and quadrat square sampling, species identification and mapping, climate, adaptations, relationships, human impacts, soil testing, OH&S issues).

All activities are conducted by LCCC staff. Visiting teachers assist with supervision and smaller group activities.

If a school or teacher has something specific in mind, staff are able to tailor visits to your requirements, provided sufficient notice is given.

Land Managers

A variety of courses and information days are held at the LCCC including:

• Property Planning,
  
• Certificate 3 in Conservation Management,
  
• Pasture Cropping & No Kill Cropping, and
  
• Information days that cover a range of subjects.

Please feel free to contact us for information and if you have any suggestions we would appreciate your input.