Indigenous Perspectives

• ***ABC Videos and text: Multiple topics on all aspects of Ecology. Also provides interesting and appropriate resources for extending students.  https://www.abc.net.au/education/science-years-7-8/13560414?page=6 

• Khan Academy (videos, text, tests)

1. Ecology introduction

2. Ecosystems and biomes

3. Ecological levels: from individuals to ecosystems

4. Introduction to ecology review

• Activities:

1. Predator/Prey with graphing https://www.biologycorner.com/2020/04/08/predator-prey-sim/?fbclid=IwAR2n7FdkLXv8wrPbmwSqs-e4fPHxnaf5pxB_2ApBIGQtIZXnBRbcAtNRgbk 

2. Conservation role play ideas https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/roleplaying/scenario.html

• Articles: 

1. Indigenous knowledge  https://theconversation.com/indigenous-knowledge-and-the-persistence-of-the-wilderness-myth-165164?fbclid=IwAR1ELWcwnFFcZitEdwQ-WQDGLtOrv8M9_rmr1R_xrRj4T5or3yGrZrm36bg

2. After 160 years, Aboriginal cultural burning returns in Victoria reading: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-21/aboriginal-cultural-burning-at-coranderrk-station-wurundjeri/100082382  and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwL_-JWCn-8 [8.58 mins]

• Calendars:

1. Calendars (see example above) multiple calendars that demonstrate the wealth of knowledge that Indigenous peoples in Australia hold about the environment.
   
   

• Online learning resources: Environmental and Zoo Education Centres 

1. Apple iPad book Stage 4 Eucalypt Forests https://books.apple.com/au/book/eucalypt-forest/id1117303130?ign-mpt=uo%3D4&mt=13 

2. Web resource Stage 6 Modules 3&4 Rock Platforms Royal National Park https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/biology-rock-platform/rock-platforms 

3. Web resource Depth Study Stage 6 Modules 3&4 Depth Study Woolgoolga Rock platform https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/year11depthstudy-woolgoolgaroc/home?authuser=0 

4. Web resource Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Golden Bell Frog https://sites.google.com/view/longnecklagooneec/home 

5. Depth Study Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Future of Minamurra's Coastal Ecosystems https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/yr-11-bio-ecosystem-dynamics/home 

6. Depth Study Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Ecosystem Dynamics - Quoll and Fox https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/ecosystem-dynamics-biology/home?authuser=0 

7.  Virtual Fieldwork Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Ecosystem Dynamics-Awabakal EEC https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/aeec-year11biologyfieldwork/home 

8. Virtual Fieldwork Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Field of Mars- Virtual Fieldwork https://sites.google.com/view/virtual-fieldwork/home 

9. Virtual Field Trip Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Microbats of Sydney  https://sites.google.com/view/stage-6-biology-microbats-of-s/home 

10.  Virtual Field Trip Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Field of Mars- Eucalypt Forests https://sites.google.com/view/ecosystem-dynamics-at-home/home 

11. Virtual Field Trip Stage 6 Mod 3/4 Bateau Bay Rock Platform https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/stage-6-bateau-bay/home 

12. Virtual Fieldwork Stage 6 Mod 3/4  Bandicoot https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/virtual-fieldwork-bandicoot/home 

13. Virtual Fieldwork Stage 6 Mod 3/4  Mangroves https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/mangrove-virtual-fieldtrip/home?fbclid=IwAR2FOVOeRsy49evxbMBKwPxSMkYxK8kVIzm9wfYc0UuPqZpL62EqiM8Z8L4 

• Download the Student Fieldwork Booklet and save to your own drive before you begin. Adjust to meet the needs of your students.

• Use the top menu on this site to navigate through the activities, completing each in your Student Fieldwork Booklet.

• OPTIONAL - Continue to investigate with a depth study.

• Videos:

1. How Aboriginal Australians made Australia  [14.24 mins]

Biodiversity and Adaptation

• Khan Academy  (videos, text, tests)

1. Ecosystem biodiversity

2. Ecosystems and ecological networks

3. Community structure

4. Introduced species and biodiversity

5. Ecological succession

6. Community ecology review
   
   

• Articles (Literacy):

1. Polar Bears https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/polar-bear
   
   

• Videos:

1. The science of an extreme animal athlete: follows biologist Shane Campbell-Staton, who is studying the adaptations that allow deer mice living at high elevations to stay warm and active during the winter.
   
   

• Activity:

1. *Butterfly camouflage: students are given a butterfly template and their task is to camouflage it in the lab. Instructions and students performing the activity on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJH64BZryI
   
   

• Webquests:

1. Coral Reefs - In the Ocean one of the most amazing sights is coral reefs. The coral reefs have been made home by many different species of plants and fish. 

2. Africa's Natural Reserves - You are an ecologist who is in charge of create a "Safari" with tourists that comes to the Africa Natural Reserve to met wild animals in their own habit. 

3. Animal Safari - Imagine you are a visitor from another planet. You have studied Earth and you know the two types of living things, plants and animals that exist on Earth.

• Interactives:

1. Designing Solutions to Preserve Biodiversity In this interactive, students explore major biodiversity threats and design, present, and refine solutions for preserving biodiversity.

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Trophic Levels

• Khan Academy  (videos, text, tests)

1. Flow of energy and matter through ecosystems

2. Food chains & food webs

3. Example identifying roles in a food web

4. Energy flow and primary productivity

5. Trophic levels review

Human Impact

• No Planet B (home page this site) 

1. A lesson on issues facing our planet.
   
   

• ABC

1. Australia's Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current  https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australia-s-ocean-odyssey-a-journey-down-the-east-australian-current?fbclid=IwAR3YivbkxuAZtKLwVKBpAmeLkN7H9EawFkrttavqwqgVFCXNYg3_SNolbTU 

2. Can we save the reef? https://iview.abc.net.au/show/can-we-save-the-reef 

3. The great Australian bee challenge https://iview.abc.net.au/show/great-australian-bee-challenge 

• Khan Academy  (videos, text, tests)

1. Human activities that threaten biodiversity

2. What is a biodiversity hotspot?

3. Conservation and the race to save biodiversity

4. Introduced species and biodiversity

5. How does climate change affect biodiversity?

6. Protecting biodiversity: the power of the individual

7. Protecting biodiversity: local and global policies

8. Human impact on ecosystems review

• Articles: 

1. Commentary on Story of Stuff Plastcs Project 

2. Story of Plastic

3. Successful  biocontrols in Australia ABC  When biocontrol is done right. When it comes to weeds alone, Australia has completed 58 control programs, as of 2017. Here are a few examples that demonstrate the power of biocontrols that are done right, and some of the challenges researchers face in finding suitable candidates.
   
   
   

• Interactives:

1. Coral Bleaching animation zooms into a coral reef to explore the tiny animals that build reefs, the photosynthetic algae inside their cells, and the damaging process of coral bleaching. 

• Online units: 

1. https://www.bopeducation.com/senior  requires subscription or small fee per unit ($3.75 for Reef Entrepreneurship Challenge to save Great Barrier Reef, or Sustainable Cities)

2. https://education.australiascience.tv/stem-packs/  Sign up free to download a copy of the teacher resource 

3. Climate Change 

4. Cross-curricular: 10: CLIMATE CHANGE Biological Sciences – Ecosystems; The Body; Genetics; Chemical Sciences – Particle Models; Earth And Space Sciences – Climate Change; Biogeochemical Processes; Renewable/Non-Renewable Resources; The Changing Earth; Physical Sciences – Energy

5. Cross-curricular: 1: UNCONSCIOUS BIAS Interdependence and Ecosystems, Ethics
   
   

• Quizzes: 

1. https://lovebiology.co.uk/quizzes.php 

• • Practical Ecology 

  • Human Impact on the Environment
    
    

• Webquests

1. How Healthy is Your River? - Do the fish in your local river have a safe home? Is the water they live in healthy?

2. Natural Habitats - Through this activity we are going to be looking at the different impacts human interaction has on natural habitats and communities. We will also be looking at ways that we can help minimize the negative impact those natural habitats.