{"id":6605,"date":"2024-03-28T04:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T04:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6605"},"modified":"2024-03-28T04:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T04:05:21","slug":"field-of-mars-education-centre-and-reserve","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/field-of-mars-education-centre-and-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Field of Mars Education Centre and Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Thursday 21 March, students from Year 11 Earth and Environmental Science had an excursion to the Field of Mars Education Centre and Reserve in Ryde. This is part of their Earth\u2019s Resources module.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Under the watchful eye of some of the local wildlife, the students tested abiotic factors, such as geology, wind, sunlight and soil composition. They used this data to compare the types of bushlands found in different regions across the reserve.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Field studies are an important component of the earth and environmental sciences. Fortians who take this subject in Year 11 and 12 use these rich experiences to gather, process and analyse firsthand data that helps monitor the health of any environment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thank you to the maturity of the students and to the staff at Field of Mars for making this experience a success.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">G. Guy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 21 March, students from Year 11 Earth and Environmental Science had an excursion to the Field of Mars Education Centre and Reserve in Ryde. This is part of their Earth\u2019s Resources module.\u00a0\u00a0 Under the watchful eye of some of the local wildlife, the students tested abiotic factors, such as geology, wind, sunlight and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-6605","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}