Drains to Living Streams Excursion
- Varighed: 6 Timer (Ca.)
- Sted: Waterford, WA
Delivered by River Guardians, DBCA. Developed in partnership with DBCA, Trinity College and Perth NRM.
$5 per student, no minimum charge (max class size of 30 students)
Schools must organise transport to Bodkin Park (start of excursion) and CREEC (at lunch for second half of excursion).
The work you will be completing on this fieldtrip links explicitly to the ATAR Year 12 Geography Syllabus. This excursion aims to address the following Year 12, Unit 3, Depth Study 2 syllabus objectives:
- Explain two strategies designed to address the impacts of land cover change on local and/or regional environments.
- Evaluate two strategies, considering environmental, economic and social benefits and costs, using the concept of sustainability
Two strategies will be investigated, compared, and evaluated:
- Drains to Living Streams
- Artificial Oxygenation Plants
Living streams and oxygenation plants are both strategies which aim to address the impacts of land cover change on the Swan-Canning River Catchment.
Students will have the opportunity to understand and evaluate both programs, through data collection and analysis, as well as practical field observation.
Itinerary:
8.30am – 9.30am
Andrew Thompson Conservation Reserve (Curtin River Boatshed)
Welcome, Introduction to the Swan-Canning River Catchment and the History of Land Cover Change in Perth. Site and Situation Map interpretation. Walk to Bodkin Park wetland.
9.30am-10.00am
Bodkin Park South
The Swan-Canning River Ecosystem structure and dynamics
10.00am- 11.30am
Bodkin Park Urban Drain
The impacts of land cover change, Water sampling
11.30am-12.30pm
Bodkin Park Living Stream
A strategy to address the impacts of land cover change,
Water Sampling
12.30pm-12.45pm
In transit
Travel to Canning River Eco Education Centre (CREEC)
12.45pm-1.30pm
CREEC
LUNCH
1.30pm-2.00pm
Canning River Oxygenation Plant
An alternative strategy to address the impacts of land cover change.
2.00pm-2.15pm
Kent Street Weir
Field Sketch
2.15pm-3.00pm
CREEC Melaleuca Room
Evaluation of both strategies