Task 2: "For our children's children"
We often hear people talking in the media about the need to protect certain environments or species for ‘our children’s children’. There are many environments and species throughout Australia and the world that are under threat and might not exist or be quite different places by the time you are your parents or grandparents age.
Various conservation organisations such as the World Wildlife Foundation are regularly calling on governments to make policy decisions to protect these habitats and species.
This task will take you 2 hours.
In this task you will research one of three habitats that are under threat.
1. Choose which habitat you would like to research.
2. Choose one of three ways to respond.
-The scientific or environmental significance of the site
-Possible eco-tourism activities for visitors to do
-Additional interesting facts
-Your conservation message and how your eco-tour company is helping to protect the area
OR
-Highlight the scientific or environmental significance of the site
-Describe the threats to the site
-Explain what individuals need to do to protect the site
OR
-A comparison of the diversity or flora and fauna in 2014 and 2050
-A discussion of the things that happened between 2014 and 2050 to create the changes that have taken place
-A discussion of the impact of the changes on daily life in the habitat and the world
OUTCOMES: ST3-11LW, ST4-2VA
Various conservation organisations such as the World Wildlife Foundation are regularly calling on governments to make policy decisions to protect these habitats and species.
This task will take you 2 hours.
In this task you will research one of three habitats that are under threat.
- The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia’s most celebrated natural habitats. It boasts World Heritage listing and is described as one of the 7 wonders of the natural world as it is the only living thing visible from space.
- The South East Asian island of Borneo is home to some of the world’s most diverse rainforests and South East Asia’s last intact forest. The forests are habitat for the world’s last remaining Sumatran Tiger, Orang-utans, Pygmy Elephants and Sumatran Rhinos.
- Antarctica is one of the most pristine marine environments on the planet and is home to nearly 10,000 highly adapted species. While it remains relatively untouched by humans it is under threat.
1. Choose which habitat you would like to research.
2. Choose one of three ways to respond.
- You can design a brochure for an eco-tourist company to attract visitors to your particular habitat. The brochure must include:
-The scientific or environmental significance of the site
-Possible eco-tourism activities for visitors to do
-Additional interesting facts
-Your conservation message and how your eco-tour company is helping to protect the area
OR
- Create a Public Service Announcement video to persuade the community to change their actions to protect the habitat you have researched. In your announcement you need to:
-Highlight the scientific or environmental significance of the site
-Describe the threats to the site
-Explain what individuals need to do to protect the site
OR
- Write an imaginary description of what the site may be like in 2050. Use your research about the threats to the site to guide your thinking about what may happen. Your description should include:
-A comparison of the diversity or flora and fauna in 2014 and 2050
-A discussion of the things that happened between 2014 and 2050 to create the changes that have taken place
-A discussion of the impact of the changes on daily life in the habitat and the world
OUTCOMES: ST3-11LW, ST4-2VA