Pages tagged "filter:Education"

  • Bug Hunt at the Tas Arboretum

    23rd April 2024 |

    On Sunday 13th April Landcare Tasmania hosted 60 Northwest locals at the Tasmanian Arboretum in Eugenana for a day of bug hunting, joined by expert scientists Clare Hawkins and Lynne Foster. 

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  • Soil Health Testing and more at School Farm Excursion

    12th April 2024 |

    Landcare Tasmania, in collaboration with one of Landcare’s showcase farms on the Baxter Property at Pipers River, gathered Queechy High School students from year 7, 9, and 10 for a hands-on farm excursion in Tasmania’s north. This event offered a unique opportunity for students to explore soil health and biodiversity in a real-world agricultural setting.

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  • Becoming Environmental Superheroes at Kingston Beach

    29th February 2024 | 

    On Sunday 25th February families joined Landcare Tasmania and Kingston Beach Coastcare to become ‘Environmental Superheros” in a day of interactive environmental storytelling, a puppet show, and a beach clean-up. 

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  • "Painting for swifties" Celebrating the swift parrot at Know Your Local Patch workshop

    5th February 2024 | 

    Each summer every Swift Parrot in the world flies to Tasmania to breed, looking for a safe hollow to lay their eggs and raise their chicks...

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  • Education Program Update

    24th Oct 2023 |

    A quick recap of what we were up to last term, as well as what we have coming up as part of our Education Program. 

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  • Now Hiring - Education Officer

    6th September 2023 | 

    NOW CLOSED - Are you our next Education Officer?  We are seeking an experienced Education Officer to take the lead in the development, planning and delivery of Landcare Tasmania’s education programs and events which support school members.

     

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  • Know Your Local Patch School Holiday Program a Hit!

    26th July 2023 |

    With a changing world, it has become increasingly vital to reconnect the younger generation with nature. Understanding the importance of this bond, our "Know Your Local Patch" program was recently launched with the aim of fostering a love for the environment among children. Let's take a look back at some of the exciting workshops held as part of this program and discover how they successfully brought children closer to the wonders of the natural world.

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  • Cultivating Environmental Stewardship: Launching 2023 School Landcare Program

    29th June 2023 |

    Our 2023 School Landcare Program is up and running and our participating schools are having a blast learning about their local flora and fauna.

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  • Project Update: Education Program 2023

    21st Feb 2023 | 

    After a successful school Landcare program in 2022, we are currently taking EOIs for our exciting new 2023 school program, featuring citizen science, agriculture, and circular economy learning.

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  • Citizen Science in Schools

    Landcare’s School Citizen Science Program was born from the idea of putting wildlife cameras in schools, to enable students to monitor their local patch.

    This idea was generously funded by the JM Roberts Trust. From this initial concept, Landcare Tasmania developed the Program in to something much broader – a program that gave students meaningful opportunities to explore their local environment, through a range of hands on activities. Water bug monitoring, bird watching, nature journaling, habitat exploration, and wildlife monitoring with cameras, to name a few.

    The Program was developed by Landcare Tasmania staff, with the help of a skills-based working group.

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