Activity 1 - What makes a home?
Students develop an understanding of the importance of places around Brewongle. They learn about Dharug Totems and create built shelters for a blue-tongue lizard. Their shelters are then put to the test with some rain (watering can). Maybe Heidi our resident blue-tongue might move in. Maybe we can spot some possums sleeping in nest boxes.
Activity 2 - Bush resource walk and Gunyah building
Students trace the steps of Eddy and Barrugin, two Dharug boys who ran away from their camp across the river. Students search for bush medicine and food and build a shelter called a Gunyah.
Activity 3 - Nature mud maps
Students learn to map a route they take in the bush at Brewongle to help them find their way back. They use sticks, leaves and other objects to create a mud map of their track and present their map to their class.
