Teaching Resources: Native Vegetation
Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Resources
The Best of Catchment Connections (5Mb pdf)
Includes information on understanding native vegetation, identification of local indigenous plants, lesson ideas, student activities and links to the SACSA Framework. See pages 42-52.
Understanding Native Vegetation (63Kb pdf)
An introduction to vegetation associations, vegetation variation across the landscape and lesson ideas.
Introduction to Botany (233Kb pdf)
An introduction to botany, plant identification tips, lesson ideas and further resources.
Identification of Local Indigenous Plants (66Kb pdf)
Information on the parts of plants used for identification, plants as resources for local wildlife, lesson ideas and further resources.
The Seeds of Native Plants (63Kb pdf)
Information including where seeds come from, what is meant by local provenance, seed viability, seed structure and function, lesson ideas and further resources.
Eucalyptus: Which one is which? Fact Sheet (102Kb pdf)
Activity Sheets:
Monocot or Dicot? (82Kb pdf) Teacher Cheat Sheet (88Kb pdf)
Acolades to Acacias (130Kb pdf)
How does seed travel through the environment? (63Kb pdf)