{"id":1183,"date":"2020-03-13T04:13:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T04:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallworldjourneys.com.au\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:49:19","slug":"biology-school-camp-rainforest-reef-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallworldjourneys.com.au\/fr\/biology-school-camp-rainforest-reef-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology School Camp: Rainforest &#038; Reef Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"689\">For students studying <strong data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"182\">biology<\/strong>, few places in the world offer learning opportunities as rich as <strong data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"272\">Far North Queensland<\/strong>. The <strong data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"304\">Wet Tropics Rainforest<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"335\">Great Barrier Reef<\/strong> are globally significant biodiversity hotspots that attract scientists and researchers from around the world and support a high number of <strong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"521\">endemic species found nowhere else on Earth<\/strong>. What is often described as a traditional \u201cbiology camp\u201d becomes a <strong data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"645\">rigorous, curriculum-aligned biology field excursion<\/strong>, grounded in real-world scientific inquiry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"1416\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Students investigate a range of <strong data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"749\">contrasting ecosystems<\/strong>, including <strong data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"861\">lowland tropical rainforest, dry sclerophyll forest, mangrove ecosystems, and coral reef systems<\/strong>. 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