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Each Snowy River Thinking activity or event will be recorded here chronologically. Most events will also have their own page documenting the full range of things that happened.
Term 1 2004 The LSRRTSP began mid term 1 2004 with the appointment of Greg McNamara as the teacher-coordinator for the project. Greg, in collaboration with teachers from the Snowy River cluster, began developing Snowy River Thinking activities. School based activities and other events began in earnest in Term 2. Term 2 2004 20 May Prep-1/2 at St Joseph's School. Students participated in the 'Which Way Water' activity and talked about the reasons why the Snowy River is important to them. Sue Legge, teacher at Orbost Primary School, presented a talk on the LSRRTSP to the National Science and Maths Forum in Melbourne. Her talk was very well received and feedback from representatives of the Australian Science Teachers Association and the Australian Academy of Science was glowing. Well done Sue! 21 May Prep-2/3 at Newmerella Primary School. Students participated in the 'Which Way Water' activity and talked about the reasons why the Snowy River is important to them. 27 May Prep-1/2 at Orbost Primary School. Students participated in the 'Which Way Water' activity and talked about the reasons why the Snowy River is important to them. Prep-1/2/3 at Marlo Primary School. Students participated in the 'Which Way Water' activity and talked about the reasons why the Snowy River is important to them. They created pictures of the Snowy River Environment and included plants and animals that need the river to live. 28 May Consultant Engineer, Bob Keller, talked to Orbost Secondary College VCE Physics-Maths students about modelling the Snowy River and careers in engineering and elsewhere for Physics-Maths students. He invited them to visit the Model at the Monash University Clayton campus. Consultant Engineer, Bob Keller, met the 4 Orbost Secondary College students who took part in the 2003 river health conference, talked to them about modelling the Snowy River and invited them to visit the model at Monash University. Orbost North Primary School Prep-1 explored the landscape of the Snowy River environment. Students participated in the 'Which Way Water' activity and talked about the reasons why the Snowy River is important to them. June 7 Yr 8 at Orbost Secondary College. Students conducted experiments 'Snowy Sand Storm' and 'Snowy Shake and Break', and discovered more about the formation of sand and mud and why the Snowy River is so sandy at Orbost. June 9 Yr 8 at Orbost Secondary College. Students went on excursion to the Snowy River valley at Newmerella where ancient river sedimentary rocks and fossil rich marine sedimentary rocks are exposed. Here they worked on 'Snowy River Rock Rocks' activities that put the present valley and its sediments in a larger time context. Finding a few fossils added to the fun. June 17 Yr 3/4/5 at St Joseph's School. Students used photomosaic maps of the Snowy River area to discover how the river meanders between Orbost and Marlo, where forests of trees can still be found and how images act as springboards for storytelling. Yr 4/5/6 at Marlo Primary School. Students used photomosaic maps of the Snowy River area to discover how the river meanders between Orbost and Marlo, where the farms are and where forests of trees can still be found. String was used to measure how far Orbost and Marlo are apart as the crow flies and as the river flows. June 18 Yr 3/4 at Orbost Primary School. Students used photomosaic maps of the Snowy River area to discover how the river meanders between Orbost and Marlo, where forests of trees can still be found and how river erosion can turn a meander into a billabong. |
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