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Support our local heroes campaign

Through our Local HERO Campaigns help us engage 1,000,000 minds to care and act for Nature’s Biodiversity Endangered And Threatened Species (BEATS).

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Support our Local Hero - Majella Stapleton

This rare baby black kangaroo needs your help to survive and thrive.

Majella Stapleton

Media posts

Sustainability & Biodiversity Learning Resource

Zane Osborn

Assistant Principal

Provides an overview of a new, open source learning resource on sustainability and biodiversity aimed ay Year 5 & 6.

Available here for free!

 

Feature Article

Ep 6. Superhero Teacher Zane Osborn and his kids go Bush

by Louise Denver | TheBeats

Show notes

Assistant Principal Zane Osborn and his primary school kids have heaps of fun learning Maths, English, History, and Science in the garden, up trees and in the bush. In this podcast the nature-loving charity – theBEATS.org’s – Louise Denver chats with Zane about his passion for the environment and how Zane factors sustainability into his everyday teaching.

Together his class discover why bees are so important – what pollination is and why it matters when it comes to making a delicious pizza! And the Hamilton PS kids’ chose barking owls for their special project – barking owls? And now up in Armidale, Zane and his new classes are going to explore how to protect the region’s unique long neck turtles.

This podcast is 20 minutes of pure gold! Do yourself a favour and have a listen. I promise you, you will feel really good. P.S. Zane is also working with theBEATS.org to create a step-by-step guide for Teachers so everyone can have fun and discover how Zane and his classes approach their learning. And for a special treat you can see the Hamilton kids YouTube video series here!

One million minds

Will you help us beat the drum to inform 1,000,000 minds of Australia’s huge and ever-increasing list of threatened species? Join us and help support our campaigns.

Contact us if you would like to help us, or if you are doing some amazing things and want us to beat your drum. At theBEATS.org we are determined to do all we can to turn around the huge threats to Australia's biodiversity and our endangered and threatened species.