Senses in Nature
Senses in Nature
A program for the younger students, this program encourages the use of all five senses in a series of creative, mindful and fun nature based activities.
Duration: 90 minutes
Year Levels: P-2
Cost: $330 for schools (GST incl).
Notes on cost:
- For schools a minimum of two sessions is required for booking the NP4K team.
- Other organisations, please contact NP4K for a quote.
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will participate in guided investigations using their senses
- Students will participate in play that promotes engagement with the natural environment
- Students will begin to develop an understanding how being in nature can promote positive wellbeing
Activities:
- Tuning the senses
- Magnifying glasses
- Sound mapping
- Meet a tree
- Barefoot walking
- Smells in nature
Australian Curriculum: Content Descriptors
Our incursions link to the cross-curriculum priority of sustainability and to the learning areas of Literacy, Science, Health & Physical Education and Visual Arts. General capabilities, of critical and creative thinking and personal and social capability, are also embedded.
For a detailed list of curriculum standards addressed at particular year levels, please contact us via email.
