Environmental Education Programme at the Free State NBG

Education Centre at Free State NBG

The Environmental Education Programme at the Free State NBG offers a wide range of activities and resources for educators and learners.

Programmes for learners

Our programmes for learners are activity-based and learner-centred, reflecting the critical and developmental outcomes in the National Curriculum Statements

Educator training and development

The trained staff at our Education Centre will assist dedicated educators who wish to develop Learning Programmes in collaboration with the Free State Department of Education, to foster environmental literacy and promote Education for Sustainability.


Teachers' Workshop

The following workshops can be arranged on the request for groups of teachers:

  • Integrating Environmental Education into the Revised National Curriculum.
  • Using the Botanical Garden as a resource for Teaching and Learning.
  • Ideas for Environmental Calendar Days
  • Greening South Africa’s Schools.
  • Indigenous Greening Programme.

School Programmes:

  • Food chains and food webs.
  • Plant adaptations.
  • Grassland life.
  • Weird and wonderful.
  • Vegetation types.
  • Life in the leaves.
  • Precious water – every drop counts.
  • Field investigation.
  • Trees I touched.
  • Seeds.
  • Water relationships in plants.
  • Diversity of plants.
  • Population dynamics.
  • Ecotourism.
  • Sensory activities.
  • Sticky cards.
  • Flowering plants.

Please select one programme suitable for your class, bearing in mind their grade, language ability and possible links to the curriculum. Bookings are essential. Feel free to discuss any specific needs with our Principal Education Officer.

Learners at Free State NBG

Education Centre Facilities

This multi-function hall can be booked for meetings, workshops and seminars for organisations related to the SANBI’s core business. Seating for 150 people is available. Catering can be arranged with our restaurant or you may bring your own meal. You may also use our braai facility. This hall is fitted with a multi-media screen for presentations.

Contact details:
Tel: 051 436 1867/436 3530, Fax 051 436 4101 or email to tshabalala@sanbi.org

 

Booking information:

  • Please book at least one month advance.
  • Outings can be arranged on any weekday between 09:00 and 13:00.
  • Guided visits cost R5.00 per learner.
  • A 50% deposit is payable to secure hall bookings.
  • Learners must please wear their school uniform when they visit the Garden for a School Programme.

Free State National Botanical Garden

 
 
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