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Bugwise can help your school fulfill many of the criteria of your School Environment Management Plan (SEMP), curriculum-integrated environmental education objectives and the outcomes and objectives of the Science syllabi (Stages 1 to 6).


Environmental education

Curriculum Objectives

  • Knowledge and Understandings: K1, K2, K4
  • Skills: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6
  • Values and Attitudes: V1, V2, V3

Objectives for schools

  • Schools will manage school grounds in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.
  • Schools will identify learning opportunities for students resulting from management of school grounds.

Stages 1, 2 and 3

Human Society and its Environment

  • Patterns of Place and Location - ENES1, ENS1.5, ENS2.5, ENS3.5
  • Relationship with Places – ENES1, ENS1.6, ENS2.6, ENS3.6

Science and Technology

Content Strands:

  • Living Things – LT ES1.3, LT S1.3, LT S2.3, LT S3.3
  • Earth and its Surroundings – ES ES1.6, ES S1.6

Learning Processes:

  • Investigating - INV S3.7, INV S2.7, INV S1.7, INV ES1.7
  • Designing and Making - DM S3.8, DM S2.8, DM S1.8, DM ES1.8
  • Using Technology - UT S3.9, UT S2.9, UT S1.9, UT ES1.9

Values and Attitudes:

  • VA1 – 7

Stages 4 and 5

Science

Prescribed Focus Area Outcomes:

  • 4.2
  • 5.2

Knowledge and Understanding:

  • 4.8.2a, 4.10a, 5.10a,
  • 5.10b, 5.10c, 5.11.2c

Skills:

  • 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.21, 4.22,
  • 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.21, 5.22