The Riverina Environmental Education Centre is a kindergarten to year 12 facility of the NSW Department of Education, located within the grounds of the Wagga Wagga Research Science Station on the Olympic Way.

The centre supports NSW public schools to implement sustainability education through meaningful learning experiences in and about the natural, built and cultural environment.

It strives to be a leader in providing students with the skills, values and opportunities to act as responsible environmental citizens now and into the future.

Last year over 3000 students from 56 Riverina public schools visit the Riverina Environmental Education Centre, working under the guidance of the highly skilled teaching staff.

Teaching programs at the centre have an emphasis on environmental, sustainability and Aboriginal education outcomes. 

Students of all ages and year groups can engage in a range of fieldwork and environmental learning activities that target key geography, science and technology outcomes.

Visiting kindergarten students explore the needs of living things in an outdoor setting. 

Infants students analyse the biodiversity of freshwater mini-beasts using dipnets and microscopes. 

Primary students explore the living and non-living components across a variety of local ecosystems using water, soil and biological scientific techniques.

Primary and secondary students work with Aboriginal elders and community members, engaging in authentic Aboriginal education experiences in order to learn how to connect with culture and country.

Senior geography students participate in excursions to the Yarrangobilly Caves and the alpine area of Mount Kosciuszko, collecting first-hand case study information for their HSC course.

Senior biology students visit local river red gum forests along the Murrumbidgee, Murray and Edward rivers, collecting first-hand scientific data on key threatened biological species.

The centre’s newest project allows students to gain use of high-tech motion sensor cameras to capture digital footage of native and feral animal species located in their local school grounds.

Students are using the newly acquired information to become informed citizens of the future who are socially, environmentally and culturally aware.

The Riverina Environmental Education Centre is located on Wiradjuri land and acknowledges the Wiradjuri people as the traditional owners and custodians of the land they work across.

More information can be found on their website at www.riverina-e.schools.nsw.edu.au.

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