CERES
Located in Brunswick East, CERES aim to build your students capacity to be informed, responsible and active citizens who can contribute to the development of a world that is environmentally and economically sustainable, and socially just.
CERES are providing live educator-delivered student webinars and Q&A's, plus access to hands-on activities, videos, resources and games to help your students with their learning.
Guided Programs
Caring For Climate and Change
Cost: $200 / 1 hour session + booking fee (maximum group size is 30 students)
Curriculum: Science, Geography, Design & Technologies, Civics & Citizenship
Grade: 3-10
Outline: Join expert educators to understand the connection between energy production and climate change. Students will discover how electricity is generated, understand the impacts it has on climate change and the important role renewable energy plays, and discuss political and social solutions (systems change) to increase agency and empowerment in students. Educators will guide students through problem solving and action planning to create change within their school community and explore solutions to create change at school or home.
Through a variety of hands on activities your students will:
Years 3 – 10
Find out how human activity is impacting the earth’s atmosphere
Discover and engage with a range of innovative solutions to mitigate climate change
Learn about the different types of atmospheric pollutants
Feel empowered to make positive long-lasting change
You’ll receive a school teacher guide, including instructions for optional activities to do before and after your virtual excursion, and a Kahoot! Quiz.
Session Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Session Times: 11-12 and 1.45-2.45
Via: Zoom
Exploring Ecosystems
Cost: $200 / 1 hour session+ booking fee (maximum group size is 30 students)
Curriculum: Science, Geography and Sustainability
Grade: 3-10
Outline: Hosted by expert educators, students will develop their understanding of living and nonliving things and the impacts of human activities on an ecosystem through hands-on activities. Educators will guide students through problem solving and action planning to create change within their school community and explore solutions to increase biodiversity at school or home.
Through this interactive virtual excursion your students will:
Years F – 2
learn about Australian animal features, habitats and life cycles
explore what an animal needs in its environment to survive
consider how humans can care for local ecosystems
explore connections between Indigenous Australians and the Australian landscape
Years 3 – 10
learn about and identify elements of a healthy ecosystem for a variety of organisms
explore scientific methods to measure and analyse their observation
consider how humans can care for local habitats and organisms
explore connections between Indigenous Australians and the native Australian landscape
You’ll receive a school teacher guide, including instructions for optional activities to do before and after your virtual excursion, and a Kahoot! Quiz.
Session Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Session Times: 9.30-10.30 and 12.30-1.30
Via: Zoom
Farming For Our Future
Cost: $200 / 1 hour session+ booking fee (maximum group size is 30 students)
Curriculum: Science, Geography and Sustainability
Grade: 3-10
Outline: Join expert educators and explore the concepts of organic urban gardening. Discover where food comes from and how organic food systems connect to a healthy self, community and planet, and investigate the wondrous relationship between bees, bugs and soil. Educators will guide students through problem solving and action planning to create change within their school community and explore solutions to increase local food production at school or home.
Through this interactive virtual excursion your students will:
Years F-2
Find out where food comes from
Discover the wonderful world of bees, bugs and healthy soil
Learn about plant lifecycles and how to grow and care for plant
Years 3 – 10
Find out how industrial farming negatively impacts our landscape and wildlife
Discover organic and Indigenous farming practices
Learn about the key elements involved in regenerative farming practices
You’ll receive a school teacher guide, including instructions for optional activities to do before and after your virtual excursion and a Kahoot! Quiz.
Session Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Session Times: 9.30-10.30 and 12.30-1.30
Via: Zoom
Towards Zero Waste
Cost: $200 / 1 hour session+ booking fee (maximum group size is 30 students)
Curriculum: Science, Geography and Sustainability
Grade: 3-10
Outline: Join expert educators on a journey towards zero waste where students will explore the impacts of waste, discover solutions to reduce waste and demonstrate ways to turn waste into a valuable resource. Educators will guide students through problem solving and action planning to create change within their school community and explore solutions to move towards zero waste at school or home.
Through this interactive virtual excursion your students will:
Years F-2
Find out how human activity contributes to waste pollution
Explore the 6R’s and you can engage with them day to day
Discover and engage with a range of exciting and creative waste solutions
Explore CERES’ waste recovery systems that are inspired by natures cycles
Years 3-10
Find out how human activity contributes to waste pollution
Explore the concepts of ‘Take, Make, Dispose’ (linear economy) and circular economies
Discover and engage with a range of exciting and creative waste solutions (resource economy)
Explore CERES’ waste recovery systems that are inspired by natures cycles
You’ll receive a school teacher guide, including instructions for optional activities to do before and after your virtual excursion, and a Kahoot! Quiz.
Session Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Session Times: 11-12 and 1.45-2.45
Via: Zoom
Shadow Puppets
Cost: $200 / 1 hour session+ booking fee (maximum group size is 30 students)
Curriculum: Geography, Languages (Indonesian), The Arts (Drama and Personal and Social Capabilities).
Grade: 3-10
Outline: Hosted by expert educators, your kids will learn how to create their own shadow puppet; and see a live performance of Wayang Kulit, among the best known puppet-shadow plays, offering a unique combination of lesson and entertainment. The term wayang is the Javanese word for “shadow” or “imagination”. In modern daily Javanese and Indonesian vocabulary, wayang can refer to the puppet itself or the whole puppet theatre performance. Kulit means “skin” or “leather”, the material from which the figures are carved.
Through this virtual excursion your students will:
learn to create their own shadow puppet
see a live performance of Wayang Kulit
You’ll receive a school teacher guide, including instructions for optional activities to do before and after your virtual excursion and a Kahoot! Quiz.
Session Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Session Times: 11-12 and 1.45-2.45
Via: Zoom
Self Guided Programs
Plant a Seed - Life Cycles
Cost: Free
Curriculum: Science, Design and Technologies, Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy.
Grade: 3-6
Outline: In this activity CERES educators will take your students on a journey to discover the wonderful world of seeds and plant life cycles using videos and activities to follow.
Bees Bees Native Bees - Biodiversity
Cost: Free
Curriculum: Science, Design and Technologies, Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy.
Grade: 3-6
Outline: Your students will take a closer look at Australian Native Bees and how we can protect their population and expand their habit with science games and videos.