Genestreaming Augmented Reality Sculpture for Schools

Connecting schools to nature, new technology and visual literacy learning

Nature Journaling for all Ages

Explore creative nature journaling activities designed for everyone — from young learners to teenagers. Encouraging lifelong learning this flexible program nurtures curiosity, creativity, and outdoor discovery.

Collaborative Projects

Collaborative nature journaling activities from colouring-in to map making & drawing together, creates a fun shared space for all ages to learn about nature and create art together.

Nature through New Technology

Join a community of schools who document the marvels of the natural world. Learn the art of nature journaling, create new memories whilst exploring deep time.

A National Augmented Reality Nature Journaling Experience of Students Creative Observations

Having established the first physical Genestreaming Sculpture trail, now…. we are building something ambitious: We are creating an Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture where nature journaling posters from contributing schools become part of the Interactive Augmented Reality experience -- capturing how children see, feel, learn and connect with the natural world around them.  We’ve worked closely with school teachers on a range of projects and we have witnessed that teachers can be very time poor which is why our flexible resource kit as a STEAM project is Multimodal. It combines science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics with a national sculpture trail designed to promote an awareness of conservation, science and first nations culture with school input.  Through a combination of nature journaling resources with cutting edge augmented reality technology this is an educational & environmental initiative shaped by young people’s nature journaling about their region.  The program is designed for whole-school access. Contributing schools receive a coupon that can be shared with teachers and families, allowing the wider school community to engage with the program together. Perfect for schools, homeschooling families, and after-school programs, this flexible resource kit combines drawing, writing, photography, simple field naturalist studies, and hands-on creative activities suitable for a wide range of ages and learning styles.

Nature Journaling Posters & AR

Schools may choose their own nature journaling themes for their posters. We encourage themes that inspire students to explore their surroundings such as “What is in our backyard”.  The ‘Explore Nature Journaling Resource Kit’ has a broad cross section of activities that can be used as study enhancement activities for this theme. Poster dimensions are provided in the Explore Nature Journaling Resource Kit for Schools.  We have had many positive experiences engaging with citizen scientists, First Nations Artists, Elders and conservationists.  We provide further information about this in our program and encourage schools to engage with these inspiring people.

Future Focused Education

Our Resource Kit is a facilitators pack for teachers designed for classroom enrichment. Participating schools become part of a knowledge network, showcasing biodiversity, heritage, and innovation.  As a global educational movement, nature journaling is about contributing to future-focused education which explores: - environmental sustainability - community engagement - participation in a national artwork - students connecting with nature - real-world learning - creativity and expression

Using visual literacy to engage with scientific concepts

The sculpture represents different groups of animals and plants. In connecting to the shared ancestry baseplate, the Genestreaming Augmented Reality Sculpture features 15 petals. Each petal connects to an ancestral line which represents a group of related species.  The scientific and common names of each group of species represented will be written at the base of each petal. Each ring represents a different period of geological time with animated paleo creatures inhabiting the era they lived in millions of years ago…. including Dinosaurs!

The Creators

Mali Moir has an extensive history in the field of scientific illustration and field naturalist projects, an award-winning Botanical Scientific and Natural History artist & teacher working at the National Herbarium of Victoria and Royal Botanic Gardens Vic. Mali’s interest in the areas of conservation and species documentation contributes to her sincere belief that ‘artists make science visible’ to promote the value of engaging in the richness of our natural world.  Ben Beeton has completed over 40 artist residency projects focusing on the ecology, geology and deep time history of natural systems. Ben designed the Genestreaming sculpture whilst at the Australian National University when developing virtual reality experiences for students to explore the Tree of Life. Nature journaling is a daily practice for Ben whose favorite pastime is drawing trees.

What teachers, science communicators & community leaders are saying

This project is about connecting the next generation to the environment through nature journaling and new technology. Discover how teachers, families, and educators are bringing outdoor learning, observation skills, and creative exploration into everyday education.

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“You should have seen the students, they just erupted! It just goes to show how interactive education is very important for our younger generation”.
Douglas Kichen.

Capel Shire President

"In the Genestreaming Augmented Reality Sculptures ..          a whole new world of discovery awaits you".
Gary Muir.

Wow Wilderness Eco-Projects

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"I think that the involvement with the children now brings it down to another generation of people who understand the earth, who can walk on it, who can go into that sculpture look at a petal follow it down and follow the timeline through I'm amazed at how the children have connected very well with it, it will never leave them".
Cr. Sue Leighton

Ravensthorpe Councillor

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My background is in teaching, and my passions are art and science. Taking the kids out into the Bush and learning about the flora and fauna, by having the kids drawing what they find or photographing it, looking at it in detail, helps embed that knowledge deeply. The Genestreaming sculpture is such a rich learning tool for children because it has so much embedded in it, it offers a lot, it's a very powerful tool for learning and its beautiful form.
Kier Douthie

Principal of Jerdacuttup Primary School (retired)

"This program is self-motivating fostering a growth mindset that inspires a curiosity lead investigation of the natural world. It offers the highest quality teaching, with the results shared in the most unique form that new technology can supply us with".
Ben Price

Teacher, Tour Guide, Lecturer

Resource Kit

17 Chapters · 119 Lessons

  1. 1

    Welcome to Explore Nature Journaling Resource Kit for Schools

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      Welcome to Explore Nature Journaling

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      Poster Specifications & Key Dates you need to know

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      The What, Who, Why, When, of Nature Journaling

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      Different Approaches to Journaling with Mali & Ben

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      Introducing the 2 Minute Tips for drawing, painting, photography and journaling

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    Resource Kit 1: Nature Journaling Activities with Children

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      Overview of the Nature Journaling Activities with Children

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      Introduction to Nature Journaling for kids with early childhood specialist Ros Beeton : 8min

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      Nature Activities 4-6yo for teachers and parents - with early childhood specialist Ros Beeton : 20min

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      Nature Activities 6-10yo for teachers and parents - with early childhood specialist Ros Beeton : 9min

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      Nature Activities 7-12yo for teachers and parents - with early childhood specialist Ros Beeton : 16min

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      Cartoon Memory Mapping our Adventure - Making a Map from Memories : 23min

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      Colouring our Cartoon Memory Map : 3min

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      Progressive Maps with 9 year old Pearl : 6min

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      Beach Holiday Journalling with 9 year old Pearl : 14min

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      Painting with Pearl after a nature walk : 12min

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    Resource Kit 2: Easy, quick and fun. Sketching, colouring and painting techniques for Nature Journaling

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      Overview of Easy Fun Journaling

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      Art Materials List for Nature Journaling

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      Fast & Easy 'tracing' tips with Acacias + Plant pressing in your Journal : 9min

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      Quick & Easy 'copy' drawing a Grevillea flower with colour notes : 8min

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      Fun Scribble Sketching with a Biro from a look-out point : 15min

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      Colouring Feathers using Watercolour and Watercolour Pencils : 15min

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      Easily Practice Sketching Birds : 6min

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      Sketching Quick & Loose shapes of Kangaroos and Wallabies : 18min

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    Resource Kit 3: Expressive Drawing Tools and Techniques

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      A Drawing a Day : 5min

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      2-min Tip : Drawing a Tree using a collection of marks

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      2-min Tip: How to make a fascinating mark

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      2-min Tip : Drawing flowing lines

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      2-min Tip: If you make a mistake repeat it

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      2 Min Tip : Drawing a bracket of time with feeling

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    Resource Kit 4: Fun Collaborative Drawing for Friends & Families

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      Overview of Collaborative Drawing

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      Draw Together Black Gloved Wallaby, Twin Creeks : 8min

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      Draw Together Yellow Billy Buttons, Mount Magnet : 2min

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      Draw Together Python Snake, Twin Creeks : 3min

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      Draw Together Mouse Spider, Twin Creeks : 10min

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      Draw Together Lemon Grass, Mount Magnet : 2min

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      Draw Together Spinifex Hopping Mouse, Mount Magnet : 2min

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      Draw Together Western Bowerbird, Mount Magnet

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      Draw Together Thorny Devil for the Mount Magnet Genestreaming Sculpture

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    Resource Kit 5: Refine Your Drawings and Paintings

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      Overview of Refining Your Drawings and Paintings

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      Introduction to Botanical and Natural History Art Lessons : 2min

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      Botanical Art Materials List

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      Lesson :: Measured Drawing : 20min

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      Lesson :: Measured Drawing Transfer : 6 min

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      Lesson :: Tonal Drawing : 20min

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      Lesson :: Perspective Drawing : 15min

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      Lesson :: Botany for Artists : 18min

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      Lesson :: Watercolour Painting. Wet Washes & Dry Brush : 15min

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      Lesson :: Watercolour Painting Part 2. Tips & Tricks.

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    Resource Kit 6: Colour Recipes & Colour Mixing Theory

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      Overview of Colour Recipes & Colour Mixing Theory

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      Mali's Mixing Greens - Natural & Exquisite

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      Celia Rosser's Banksia Green - Colour Mixing Formulae

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      Colour Mixing Theory using only 6 colours : 24min

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      Colour Mixing Theory Guide

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    Resource Kit 7: Innovative Fun with Photography on your Phone

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      Overview of Innovative Fun with Photography on your Phone

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      Tips for effectively cataloguing your photographs and short films : 4min

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      'Insectoid Viewpoint' technique : 7min

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      Multiple Landscape Approach : 3min

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      Impressionistic Photography Technique : 6min

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      Arial Photography Possibilities : 10min

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      Overlaying Drawings on Photographs Approach : 2min

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      Photography and Digital Art in Forests : 4min

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      How to Create Reflections : 2min

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    Resource Kit 8: How to Mind Map Connections in Nature

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      Overview of How to Mind Map Connections in Nature

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      An introduction to the SciArt Connectivity Web : 2min

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      Art of Natural Systems Connectivity Web SciArt Version

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      Art of Natural Systems Connectivity Web template for students to develop

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      How to Create a Connectivity Web on a Walk at Wave Rock Pt 1 : 18min

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      How to Create a Connectivity Web on a Walk at Wave Rock Pt 2 : 18min

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      Artist Residency (1) - Examining an Ancient Landscape at Broken Hill 01

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      Artist Residency (2) - Impressions at Fowlers Gap

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      Artist Residency (3) - Hill End Traces of Great Southern Rifting : 7min

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      How to create the foundations for your own Connectivity Web : 2min

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    Resource Kit 9: Introduction to Botany

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      Overview of the Natural Sciences

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      Introduction to the Natural Sciences for beginners

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      Botany of Strawberries : 6min

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      Botany of Figs : 9min

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      Botany of Flowers : 27min

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      Botany of Leaves : 16min

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      Introduction to Plant Classification : 20min

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      Introduction to Reading a Plant Key : 10min

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    Resource Kit 10: Flower Pressing, Collecting and Eco-Dyeing

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      Overview of Flower Pressing

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      Flower Journalling / Collecting with Prof. Hopper : 5min

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      Professional Plant Collecting Techniques at Menindee Lakes : 4min

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      Pressing Flowers Techniques link

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      Overview of Eco Dyeing

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      Demonstrating an application of Eco Dyeing into Nature Journaling : 4min

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      Eco-Dyeing Techniques link

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    Resource Kit 11: Writing & Turning Your Nature Journal into an E-Book

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      Overview of Writing & Turning Your Nature Journal into an E-Book

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      Nature Writing: Views Tips and Suggestions

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      Digital Journaling: How to turn your Nature Journal into an eBook : 8min

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      Red List: How we turned Mali's Art Exhibition into a digital eBook : 5min

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    Resource Kit 12: Deep Time Nature Journaling - Behind the scenes in creating inspired murals

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      Overview of Deep Time Nature Journaling

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      Expand possibilities of your Nature Journaling experiences : 6min

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      How to render Atmospheric Sunsets and Night Skies with pastels : 4min

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      Discussion on how to draw Fury Animals and Marsupial Eyes : 7min

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      Contour Mapping into Art : 6min

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    Resource Kit 13: How to Draw Australian Wild Life & Sea Life

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      How to Draw Australian Wildlife

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      How to Draw Australian Sealife

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      Nature Kids How to Draw Tasmanian Wildlife

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    Resource Kit 14: Colouring in Australian Wild Life

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      Colouring Book Australian Bushlands

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      Colouring Book Australian Seashores

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      Colouring Australian Wetlands

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    Resource Kit 15: Dot to Dot Nature Activities

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      Dot to Dot Australian Wildlife

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      Dot to Dot Australian Sealife

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    Bonus Section: Genestreaming Sculptures Public Art Program

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      Overview of the Genestreaming Sculptures Public Art Program

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      An opportunity for Local Governments to Participate in the National Genestreaming Sculpture Tourism Trail Initiative

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      Genestreaming Sculpture for Singapore Gardens by the Bay – Bunya Mountains to the Boyce Gardens Toowoomba

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      Twin Creeks Genestreaming Sculpture link

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      Mount Magnet Genestreaming Sculpture Project link

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      Bonye Biar (Bunya Mountains) Genestreaming Sculpture link

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      Kellerberrin Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Alice Springs Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Northcliffe Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Denmark Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Bremer Bay Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Ravensthorpe Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Wave Rock Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture

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      Wave Rock Mural featured on SciArt link

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      Capel Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture

Why Schools Participate

• Connects Art, Science and Sustainability • Strengthens creativity and visual literacy • Creates opportunities for community engagement • Encourages outdoor learning and careful observation • Supports environmental awareness and future-focused thinking • Builds student pride through participation in a national project

Inspire the Next Generation of Young Naturalists

Help children slow down, look closer, and connect more deeply with the natural world. Connecting outdoor learning to the classroom with our resource kit designed to support artistic expression, scientific observation and wellbeing through nature journaling activities celebrated in a unique Genestreaming Augmented Reality Sculpture.

$24.00 / month

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