Catchment Activity Model (CAM)
The Catchment Activity Model is available for schools to book by phoning Council’s Environmental Education Officer on (02) 6670 2523. The model can either be transported to the school or combined with a visit to the Sustainable Living Centre.
Introducing CAM - Environmental Education Through Demonstration!
CAM is a 3D working model of a catchment. Its purpose is to help educate students about the environmental impact of seemingly harmless day-to-day activities. More importantly though, CAM demonstrates how simple it is to change these activities to reduce environmental harm.
Housed in a box trailer for portability, CAM has a flowing river that becomes increasingly polluted as a number of simulations are carried out with the assistance of the students.
It allows students to follow the path of stormwater as it flows down the gutter, through the stormwater system and into the river and also where waste-water goes after it disappears down the toilet and bathroom plug-holes. CAM also communicates a wide range of land management issues including agricultural and industrial pressures on the catchment, and the important role that mangrove forests, riparian vegetation and wildlife corridors play in maintaining ecological health.
Being interactive and visual, CAM helps students to:
- Develop an appreciation for how everything in the environment is interconnected.
- Understand how their own actions and those of others affect the environment.
- Understand the importance of behaviour change to help protect the environment.
- Identify ways they can alter their own behaviours to help protect the environment.
CAM Feedback
A selection of feedback forms received from students.
 CAM Feedback (691kb)
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