Late last term, students from our Year 7 AMS classes had the honour of meeting with two representatives from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, helping our students enhance their skills in taxonomy and classification.
They had the fantastic opportunity to see some beautiful Australian animals while learning more about what makes them unique. Read more about this amazing experience thanks to one of our students below.
On Tuesday the 21st of March, we, the Year 7 AMS (Academy of Maths and Science) students, had the honour of meeting with two representatives from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, helping us enhance our skills in taxonomy and classification.
Leading into this excursion, we had been learning about taxonomy for our biology unit this term. Our experience with Currumbin helped us strengthen our knowledge for our exam, but also added new and useful information we could use outside of our school unit. Furthermore, being in a large environment of students helped us gain more information with contributions from others, and was an overall very helpful experience for our scientific knowledge.
At the incursion, we were able to witness some beautiful Australian animals and create some connections. For example, we were able to get a pink galah to dance as we showed it exactly what to do ourselves. It was a truly amazing sight.
All in all, it was an astounding incursion that I am very happy to have experienced. A huge thank you to Currumbin Wildlife on Wheels for this event and to the teachers and fellow students for making it even more enjoyable.
Aabir Chowdhury, 7X
