ACT Waterwatch

Link to ACT Waterwatch Education

Upper Murrumbidgee Waterwatch is now available to provide field based education sessions with schools and youth groups.

About ACT Waterwatch Education

Links to Waterwatch in the Ginninderra Catchment - The Waterwatch Education Program http://www.ginninderralandcare.org.au/teachers/waterwatch-teachers

ACT Waterwatch have the personnel and equipment to provide hands-on, locally-based waterway education. They have it all! 

• nets! 
• trays! 
• buckets! 
• water quality and waterbug ID kits (available on loan) 
• pamphlets and storybooks designed to cover various freshwater topics. 

Classes can range from simply fishing for water bugs with the junior kids, through to older grades conducting water quality and habitat assessments that can help to make linkages between our behaviours and river health. 

Classes are free, but limited, so book early to avoid missing out. 

Schools demonstrating alignment with broader curriculum requirements will be prioritised. 

If a coordinator is not able to join the class in person, some extra, stand-alone education materials will soon be available on the Waterwatch website. 

Activity Format and Logistics

Discussion can cover a variety of water-related topics listed below, and can be modified according to age group and class-specific needs, including:

• The Ginninderra catchment – what’s a catchment?
• The water cycle
• Aquatic habitat – what’s important for bugs (and other life) to survive in urban environments Food webs – who eats who?
• Stormwater pollution – where does it come from and what can we do about it? Relationship between landuse / land management and pollution. The difference between stormwater and sewage.
• Management of stormwater – “water sensitive urban design” eg how do the ponds work to improve water quality?

Contact: waterwatch@act.gov.au or 6207 2246