THE EARTH’S ENVIRONMENT:AUSTRALIAN HABITATS & ANIMALS
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Native animals and ecosystems in Australia are under threat. Habit loss caused by humans but also that caused by the introduction of non-native animals to the environment. This semester, we will be researching a native Australian animal, the habitat it lives in, how it has adapted and if it is threatened.
I will have succeeded if I
- can complete the note-taking task with teacher assistance
- have, using Oliver and Google Classroom, access the teacher provided websites
- with my partner decided on two animals in different habitats to research
- found some initial information on my chosen animals from the books provided
- answered the questions on the scaffold provided including identifying the animals habitat (ie. ocean, forest, arid, urban, freshwater habitats, Antarctic), using a selection of provided digital and printed sources provided
- created a presentation on Google Slides displaying my research.
- referenced the resources I used during my research
AUSTRALIAN BIOMES
Use these links below to begin your research then search for some of your own.
native australian animal links
australian habitats
Sources
- https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/teachers/learning/habitats/
- https://panique.com.au/trishansoz/animals/australian-animals.html
- https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts
BE A POWER SEARCHER
- When researching online it is important to be as specific as you can. For example typing only 'wombat' will give you over 20 million hits!
- However, by typing 'wombat facts' you now only (!) get 1,500,000 hits. Still a lot, but better.
- Being even more specific and typing 'wombat facts kids' brings down the number of hits down to
- When searching online, leave out words such as 'the', 'for', 'of', 'and'. They are unnecessary and will increase the number of unnecessary hits.