Who eats who?
Year 7 students become ecologists for the day as they observe
interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities and how these interactions
can be represented by food chains and food webs.
They will search for producers in the mangrove ecosystem using a dichotomous key, interact with consumers at the beach using fine sieves, yabby pumps, a dragnet and binoculars, and observe top order consumers at the Centre.
They will
communicate their ideas, methods and findings using scientific language and appropriate representations as they create a Centre food web at the end of the day to summarise their learning.
Resources
Year 7 curriculum overview
Water and us
Year 7 Geographers will start their day at Nudgee Waterholes where
they will explore the multilayered meanings associated with rivers, waterways, waterholes, seas, lakes, soaks and springs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
At the waterhole,
they will collect, organise and represent data and information, using primary research methods through participating in a healthy waterways check, soap tree activity and macro invertebrate assessment.
At Nudgee Beach, students will participate in yabby pumping and dragnet fishing as they investigate the effect of changing abiotics over time and sedimentation from land transformation.
At the end of the day, they will
reflect on their learning to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations, and predict the expected outcomes of their proposal as they work in teams to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed development of a second large airport at Nudgee Beach.
Resources
Year 7 curriculum overview