Unit: Endangered Species

Endangered Species

It is easy to become disheartened at the rate at which Australia's biodiversity is being depleted. Parks Victoria is a key agency working to ensure the long term future of the state's biodiversity. This program aims to increase students' knowledge of the species that are becoming endangered. Strategies used by Parks Victoria for saving these species will be explored while students will be able to develop their own strategies to be implemented at a local level.

CSF II Learning Outcomes

Level 3 Science

Biological Science

Living together: past, present and future

Describe environmental factors that affect the survival of living things.

Level 3 SOSE

Australia's people and places

Compare how people use environments in Australia

Level 4 Science

Biological Science

Living together: past, present and future

Identify relationships between living things which help them survive in their habitat.

Level 4 SOSE

Geography

Analyse different views about the use and care of Australian places.

Key Understandings

Plants, people and other animals are interdependent.
Extinction is a natural process. However, human intervention has rapidly increased the extinction rate.
There are many ways in which we can help endangered species.

Aims

Understand the process of how species become endangered.
Develop an understanding of strategies used by Parks Victoria to assist threatened species.
Develop strategies to improve habitats at a local level.
Participate in activities to reduce impacts on endangered animals.

Additional Information
For additional information on the Science and SOSE curriculum detailed in Victoria's second Curriculum and Standards Framework (CSF II), contact the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) at www.vcaa.vic.edu.au.

Unit: Endangered Species

Endangered Species

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