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Learning Experience tailored for: Early to Middle Childhood (Yypically Years K-7)   DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: prepare yourself for a close encounter with a range of live venomous snakes on display and overcome your phobias as you dare to touch a snake. Learn from professional snake handlers about living with snakes, venomous snake identification, first aid for snake bite and then enter the lair of Herdsman Lake's Tiger Snake on our famous Guided Swamp Board Walk. At the end of this activity students will: Be able to identify common snakes of Western Australia Appreciate how snakes fit into the natural ecosystem Experienced and describe the flora and fauna of the Tiger Snake habitat Have participated in and demonstrated the fundamentals of snake bite first aid Overcome their fears and touched a snake Describe snake adaptations to their environment Appreciate snakes as native fauna and demonstrate awareness regarding the care of them and their natural habitat Curriculum Frame Work Links VALUES: Respect and Concern for others and their rights; Environmental Responsibility; Conservation of the Environment LEARNING AREA LEARNING AREA OUTCOME   S&E SCIENCE Aspect: Time Continuity & Change; Natural and Social Systems; Place and Space Science in Society; Life & Living; Acting Responsibly   TIME: 1.5 hr Morning or Afternoon sessions (1 hr with Snake Handler and live snake handling and presentation and 30 min Guided Swamp Walk). Students and teachers are then welcome to stay for Morning Tea/Lunch/Afternoon Tea and then continue their own exploration of the swamp along the different walk-paths around the lake.     COST: $10.00/student, teachers and parents FREE. Minimum of 30 students ($300)   RSVP: Bookings essential (booking confirmation subject to availability of Snake Handler)   BYO: Morning Tea/Lunch/Water Bottle/Sense of Adventure!   BOOKINGS: Booking Officer: Jennifer Newhill Herdsman Lake Wildlife Centre Cnr. Selby & Flynn Streets, Wembley, W.A. 6014 Telephone: 9387 6079 (8.30 am - 4.30 pm)   FURTHER INFORMATION: Centre Manager: Roger Harris Telephone: 9387 6079 (8.30 am - 4.30 pm) Email: roger@wagouldleague.com.au Web: www.wagouldleague.com.au