Students learn water wisdom

YEAR nine students from Beaconhills College, Berwick, last week went to the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens as part of a module of study on sustainability.
To satisfy one of the assessment elements, students will design a waterwise garden. They gathered information for their task from the Cranbourne gardens that demonstrate a typical landscape of our dry continent.
They also looked at the various ecosystems on the planet, pollution and its effects, recycling and designing an environmentally friendly house.
Year nine teacher Helen Comport said because they lived on the second driest continent, it was important that students understood the benefits of these types of gardens and how indigenous plants and mulches can contribute to less waste of the planet’s most valuable resource, water.
“The students are really keen and have a much greater understanding of global issues of sustainability and just how important environmental awareness is, including what they can do to contribute.
“The module will lead on to horticulture where the students will grow vegetables and herbs moving to the study of nutrition and diet later in term four.”