Rainforests of NSW

Stage 2 (Years 3-4), Science and Technology

Border Ranges National Park. Photo: John Spencer

View of Mount Warning, Border Ranges National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Teacher resource rainforests NSW stage 2 science technology

‘Rainforests of NSW’ is one of our education resources for Stage 2 students. It illustrates rainforest types, structure, energy and nutrient cycles, and food chains within NSW national parks. ‘Rainforests of NSW’ supports the Science and Technology syllabus and has some excellent ideas for school excursions.

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The ‘Rainforests of NSW’ teaching kit has been prepared to help teach the value of rainforests in NSW. Students will learn about rainforest types, structure, energy and nutrient cycles, and food chains. Further fact sheets cover the importance of rainforests, the human impact upon them, and managing for risk.

Highlighting some key local rainforests in places like Dorrigo National Park – part of the New England group of the World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – this kit was created with Stage 2 students in mind. It expands upon the Science and Technology syllabus and encourages local field studies of our rainforests.

This teaching kit was developed by NPWS Discovery for Schools staff in the NSW North Coast region to support schools participating in the Discovery for Schools excursion program.

Stage	Stage 2 (Years 3-4)
Learning area	Science and Technology
Content	This teaching kit includes: Under the Canopy: a 30-page full colour PDF (6.3MB) guide to the rainforests of NSW for students and teachers. Information, photos and diagrams explaining the requirements, structure, cycles and relationships that exist so that a rainforest can grow and continue. Human impacts are also described Case studies of Australian rainforests in many NSW national parks, including Dorrigo National Park. Links to rainforests you can visit School excursion outlines and supporting materials (e.g. teachers’ notes, student fact sheets, student worksheets) for various sites in NSW. Student worksheets for Stage 2 All you need to build a rainforest diorama.
Downloads	Under the Canopy: a guide to the rainforests of NSW (6.3MB pdf) Build a rainforest A4 cut-out templates (765.3KB pdf) Build a rainforest A3 cut-out templates (321.4KB pdf) Cycles of life in the rainforest fact sheet (1.4MB pdf) Rainforest facts (2.5MB pdf) Rainforest food chains fact sheet (1.8MB pdf) Rainforest layers fact sheet (1.6MB pdf) Rainforest plant adaptations fact sheet (1.8MB pdf) Sun and shade in the rainforest fact sheet (1.7MB pdf) Under the canopy stage 2 worksheet (1.3MB pdf)