TANYALLA CAMPING & CONFERENCE CENTRE

Example Learning Activities For School Groups At Tanyalla

Secondary Science Student Activities

Tanaylla Camp Grounds

• Note and explain the times of day kangaroos and kookaburras are in campground. Identify & explain the strongest parts of their bodies.
• Observe and time the operation of automated shipping warning lights. List 5 different types of weather and invent a code for each, using colour, timing and sequence.
• Identify and name five different types of tree in the grounds. Collect a photograph, leaf or bark sample from each.

Canoe Point

• Identify the shapes in the children's rope climb. Which shape is most common? Why is triangulation used?
• Work out 2 different methods of finding the level of water in the rain tank using sound and temperature. Why does each method work? How much water is in the tank?
• Observe an area of maintained rain forest or scrub. What is missing from the ecosystem?

On The Beach

• Investigate & offer explanations for variations in temperature between rock pools and sand pools at low tide.
• At high tide, experience and report on erosion forces around your feet as waves ebb and flow. How would these principles be applied in building?
• Use tracking techniques to list life forms using the beach and comment on their direction, size, weight and speed.

These learning activities are provided by the Webmaster and may be freely used and modified by school groups using Tanyalla.

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