Professional Learning Workshop

Every year there are over 5,000 bushfires that Department of Fire and Emergency Services and Parks and Wildlife Service respond to. Most are relatively minor, but some become major incidents that threaten lives and property.

DFES and Nearer to Nature (Parks and Wildlife Service) provide a range of curriculum-linked classroom materials, excursions and incursions that explore the topic of bushfires in WA.
Students build an understanding of how households and communities prepare for, mitigate and respond to bushfires and their risks

This FREE workshop includes:

• Bushfire behaviour

• DFES classroom materials: Bushfire Patrol, Map of Bushfire Prone Areas, Emergency WA and 5 Minute Fire Chat

• Hands-on field work activities with Nearer to Nature including assessing bushfire risk at forest sites; building risk assessment and fire behaviour

• Tour of Parks and Wildlife Service depot to view firefighting equipment and facilities with fire crew

• Bushfire Wars TV series: free teaching and learning material
  

This workshop is designed for both Primary and Secondary Geography and Science teachers who wish to include topical, locally relevant material in their learning programs.

Details

Date: Thursday November 21st , 2019

Time: 9am – 3 pm

Venue: Perth Hills Discovery Centre, 380 Allen Rd Mundaring

Bring: Water bottle and wear clothes suitable for a walk in the bush

Lunch and morning tea provided:  Please inform us of any dietary requirements