Linking up with environmental and cultural celebration events throughout the year is a great way to value add to the River Detectives program and embed it within your school / curriculum.
Throughout the year we will highlight upcoming events and showcase some of the resources from our website (and beyond) to inspire your teaching and learning.
World Turtle Day (May 23rd);
Inspire your students to learn more about turtles and the important work being done to protect them with this interactive, 360°, virtual reality film where students can join scientists for an immersive field experience trapping for turtles in the Barmah-Millewa Forest on the Murray River.
To learn about Australia’s Freshwater Turtles check out this 9 min video
You and your students may also wish to find out more about how they can contribute to citizen science and report turtle sightings using TurtleSAT
Reconciliation Week (May 27th – June 3rd);
Home – National Reconciliation Week 2021 is the official website for general teaching resources and ideas to celebrate this very important week on the cultural calendar.
Check out the Aboriginal Cultures topic category in Resource River Bank on the River Detectives website for loads of great videos and picture story book recommendations to explore Aboriginal language, food, farming, connection to country, history and life. They have been chosen for their ability to engage students and inspire and for their relevance to the regions of our River Detectives program so this is a great place to start your planning.
2021 Environmental / Cultural celebration dates calendar
For all future dates, check out this calendar (now found on RD website)
2021 Koorie Education Calendar
To embed cultural perspectives year round, check out this very comprehensive planning tool from VAEAI (now found on RD website)
