Sustainable solutions
Science and Technology
Join us on an engaging and hands-on environmental science excursion to explore the real-world impacts of waste.
During this immersive experience, students will conduct fair tests to investigate the properties of materials including those that dissolve or are easily weathered through chemical or physical processes. Armed with new knowledge students complete a macro and microplastic survey along Grand Flaneur Beach using standardised fair testing gathering data on pollution and analysing patterns in local waste. With this evidence, students examine sustainable solutions using a Sustainability Pyramid, focusing on rethinking and refusing products before they become waste.
Students will create a beautiful yet frightening artwork using sterilised materials to highlight our waste issue. Students are encouraged to research local recycling and recovery facilities including local stores to design a sustainable hub for their school community, an action plan that addresses real environmental concerns.
This program supports high potential and gifted students.
Maximum four classes per day.
Location
Essential information
| Year | Cost |
| 2025/26 |
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Cancellation or major changes to bookings will incur the following cancellation fees:
- within 30 days of excursion or incursion date - $600 administration fee charged
- within 7 days of excursion/incursion date - total fee charged based on confirmed student numbers
| Time | Classes 1 and 2 |
| 9.30am | Arrival - Introduction and toilets |
| 10.00am- 11.00am | Fair testing in the science lab |
| 11.00am - 11.30pm | Recess and toilets |
| 11.30am- 1.00pm | Macro and micro plastic survey on Grand Flaneur Beach |
| 1.00pm - 1.30pm | Lunch and toilets |
| 1.30pm - 2.00pm | Artworks for action |
Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus (2024)
Focus area outcomes
Knowledge of our world and beyond inspires sustainable solutions
- ST3-SCI-01 uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices
- ST3-PQU-01 poses questions to identify variables and conducts fair tests to gather data
- ST3-DAT-01 interprets data to support explanations and arguments
Content groups
A fixed amount of usable matter makes up all the material on Earth
- Explain how recyclable, reusable, renewable, biodegradable and compostable materials enhance sustainability
- Recognise that in a fair test, an independent variable is changed, a dependent variable is measured, and controlled variables remain the same
- Pose questions to determine whether substances dissolve in water by identifying variables and conducting and evaluating fair tests
- Investigate ways to collect and process waste to reduce pollution or increase the sustainable use of materials
- Create and communicate a plan to implement a sustainable practice in a community that addresses an identified environmental concern
Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024
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