Stage 3 - HGPE - Nature Documentaries - Overnight Camp
“People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.” - Sir David Attenborough
About this excursion
Students will develop skills in observing nature through bird watching, collecting terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, and by studying vegetation.
Focus:
The purpose of this program is to provide nature-loving students with a chance to explore their local environments and identify living things that would make a suitable topic for a short nature documentary.
Skills in nature photography, filming, script writing and narration will be developed in specific workshops before students produce their own documentary. AI tools will be discussed and explored to support resource development.
Students will plan and create a short nature documentary for a specific target audience and for a specific purpose.
Excursion activities
Your students are welcomed to our centre and given an overview of the program.
They will then head to the classroom for an environmental education lesson.
After lunch your students are introduced to the technology they will be using to produce their documentary including:
- iPads, microphones, microscopes and iMovie
- they will be instructed on camera angles and cinematography, and
- given time to head outside and "play" with their technology and new found skills
The second day sees your students work on documentary themes, scripts and narration. They are then given time to work on their productions.
After lunch your students will showcase their documentaries, before heading home.
Important information
Cost:
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NSW DoE School - $15 per student per day + $5 per student per night. A 2 day 1 night excursion is $35 per student.
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Non-Government and Independent schools - $700 per Wambangalang teacher per day + $5 per student per night.
*Please note that larger groups may require more than 1 Wambangalang
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About our centre
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