Celebrating the Todd River
Resources to help plan your activities:
Tales of the Todd website - a whole unit of learning based around the Todd River
Alice Springs Water Control District - map (pdf 178Kb)
Bureau of Meterology Todd River website -
Various technical information about the Todd River, its climate and catchment area.
Larapinta Primary: Mparntwe Project
A website developed by year 6 students from Larapinta Primary School. Includes stories about the sacred places of Alice Springs, including the Todd River.
River Journeys (link to PDF) - Queensland Water Watch resource. River Journeys can inspire your students to ...
- Tap into memories of older generations and indigeneous Australians
- Create and record their own special experiences of creeks and rivers
- Construct a historical and ecological record of their local waterway
- Create a dance, song or story to celebrate a river and the communities it sustains.
Activity sheets (PDFs) that you can download:
- Catchment action planning
- Build a catchment model
- Land shaping activity
- Make your own catchment
- Survey your catchment
Groundwater education and activities
- Make a groundwater model
- Groundwater topic - Programming resources
- Magnificent Groundwater- activities and curriculum
- Edible aquifers - yummy and educational: Groundwater Foundation and Mines resource