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Your Task
There are a range of ways students can build on the knowledge obtained during the fieldwork day to investigate further through a depth study. The following provides suggestions for depth study investigations.
Working Scientifically
Working Scientifically
Problem Solving
Communicating
Depth Study Investigations
Depth Study Investigations
Wildlife Camera footage of a red fox in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Camera footage analysis
Camera footage analysis
Wildlife cameras are used by NPWS to do:
‘Resource condition monitoring’ that aims to detect trends over time at a landscape scale for widespread non-threatened species such as wombats and wallabies; and
‘Performance monitoring’ which aims to answer species-specific questions, typically at a more localised scale.
Students may wish to analyse footage of cameras that have been set up in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to detect Southern Brown Bandicoots.
Students can analyse the footage of camera footage at 4 sites within the park during 2015-18. Through this analysis, they can determine what type of fauna was detected, whether there was a presence of the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoots and what introduced species were recorded.
To access the camera footage click here.
Research and compare the recovery plan of another endangered animal
Research and compare the recovery plan of another endangered animal
Students may wish to investigate and compare management strategies with another endangered species from the local area like the Stuttering Frog.
Click here for the Save Our Species database for an area.
Communicating Your Findings
Communicating Your Findings
Prepare and deliver a communication piece. This could include:
a 5-6 minute documentary on the results of your fieldwork
a report to communicate your findings
a ICT visual communication form to present your findings (eg PowerPoint, Prezi)
You should include in your communication the following:
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
introduce the issue and the inquiry
2. Background Information
2. Background Information
general Southern Brown Bandicoot features
adaptations
niche
threats
sampling techniques used to measure populations
current recovery plan
3. Southern Brown Bandicoot Management at the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (KCNP)
3. Southern Brown Bandicoot Management at the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (KCNP)
context
fieldwork purpose and inquiry
spatial information about the national park and the fieldwork site
fieldwork methods, data and findings
discussion of the validity, reliability and possible sources of error in the data
4. Optional study
4. Optional study
An investigation of potential long term human impacts on Southern Brown Bandicoot populations in the KCNP
or
Compare Southern Brown Bandicoots with another endangered animal of your choice.
or
A further depth study of your choice
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