This resource is designed to introduce secondary students to New Zealand’s extraordinary alpine environments, and support them to take action to help protect them.
Using this resource students can:
- carry out practical investigations and gather scientific data on at least one aspect of an alpine environment (ecology, geology, geography, sustainability)
- learn about some unique alpine plants and animals, and understand how they are connected within alpine ecosystems
- learn about the history and cultural heritage of Tongariro National Park
- investigate the interrelationships between people and alpine environments
- learn about threats to alpine environments and how people contribute to these
- identify how they can contribute to protecting alpine environments and take conservation action.
Teacher Professional development
Free PLD workshops in September, at Wellington, Tongariro National Park and Hamilton. Come and meet the author of this new resource, and DOC staff from Whakapapa Visitor Centre. At these workshops you will receive your own copy of the new resource and learn how to get the most from a school field trip to Tongariro National Park.
For more information and to regsiter for a PLD session: www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/conservation-education/resources/investigating-alpine-environments
