On Thursday, 20 February, a group of Year 11 ATAR Biology and Year 12 Science in Practice General Students headed to Picnic Cove and Neil Hawkins Park for an all-day Comparison Study excursion on Aquatic Ecosystems. This program was presented by a staff member from ‘Nearer to Nature’ – Parks and Wildlife.

Students have learned that Wetlands are highly diverse ecosystems and many of the organisms that inhabit the wetland live beneath the surface of the water.

Students have tested different water parameters, classified Macro-organisms from the Lake using a Dichotomous Key and study the wildlife in and around the Lake. All this information was then used in the classroom to bring it all together, by comparing the data collected at the two different sites, and data previously collected at the Lake. Our students were all very engaged and excellent representatives of our College, well done students!

Santie Brink and Andrea Orlowsky
Science Teachers