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Education

Park ranger Education is an important part of environmental care in South Australia. Environmental education fosters positive attitudes and behaviour, and it enables us all to make sound decisions in the environment.

The State has a strong cultural heritage and a rich and diverse natural environment. To conserve and sustain these we conduct wide-ranging programs for all sectors of the community. These programs assist South Australians to explore and learn about the natural environment by visiting the State's network of fine parks, and they encourage people to help conserve land and wildlife by participating in local community groups.

Educational Materials

We have available a range of educational materials on heritage, biodiversity and park subjects. These include books, park brochures and publications, trail guides, wildlife booklets, maps, reports and posters. Regularly updated, they can be obtained from information centres located at many of the more popular parks.

Community Education

School group We work with many community groups to encourage care for the local environment. This is done by organising educational activities such as field days, shows, displays, field trips, public presentations and seminars and by helping produce literature, and stories for the media.

A popular fun part of our service is the program of tours and activities in parks. During the spring and summer months parks in the Flinders Ranges, Riverland and Kangaroo Island provide special activities including guided walks, birdwatching tours, geological tours and visits to special historic and Aboriginal sites. These activities are open to all.

Community groups with which we work include wildlife clubs, landcare groups, local action associations and bodies such as Greening Australia and Wetland Care.

Schools and Higher Education

Explain Environmental education forms part of many courses taught in schools and higher education institutions, ensuring up-to-date environmental information is available to students and teachers.

Services we provide include:

advice and assistance to teachers and lecturers at all levels;
assistance with curriculum development and teacher associations;
contributing to teacher-development courses;
providing learning materials on environmental topics.

We encourage the use of parks for educational purposes, and the following parks have a priority education focus - Cleland Wildlife Park, Para Wirra Recreation Park, Naracoorte Caves National Park, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Bookmark Biosphere (Riverland Parks), Flinders Chase National Park.

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Educational materials and programs for school students include:

Whales - a project to provide information about the Southern Right Whale;
Biodiversity Conservation Programs of Eyre Peninsula and the Far West;
Ecology Series Poster on ecosystems and wildlife;
Cleland Wildlife Park programs;
Wonambi Fossil Centre, Naracoorte Caves learning programs.

Biodiversity Information

Industry Education

Meeting We conduct educational activities in collaboration with industry groups like state and regional tourism associations. These include seminars, field days and training courses on such topics as heritage conservation, wildlife and environmental interpretation.