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I wonder what might be living in the soil.
Interdependence of species in and with the environment relies on biodiversity.
Be a 'Biodiversity Guardian' and look for ways to improve the biodiversity of your school environment.
Firstly, conduct an assessment of your school grounds. Are there many trees and other plants, is there water nearby or are there lots of concreted areas?
Now that you know what your school site looks like, let's look more closely at what lives in and around your school. Conduct a series of biodiversity audits to help you look at birds, insects and the plants more closely.
Time to look at your results. What are you missing? What could you do about that?
Australia has many different woodland and forest areas. One thing they all have in common is that they need pollinators. One of the most important and efficient pollinators for woodlands and forests are fruit bats or flying foxes. Watch this video to see how important they are!
Make a note of all the ways fruit bats help the environment. Design a poster or presentation to share this information.
The blue banded bee is a buzz pollinator.
Australian native bees are also great pollinators and many smaller native plants depend on them for survival. Find out more about our native bees at this site.
Complete the Bushblitz native bee worksheet.
Why not help both native bees and your school garden by making a bee hotel!
Look at the Junior Landcare design
Or what about the Ecoexplorers design.
Some insects get their energy from plants.
It isn't just for pollination that species depend on each other.
All living things need energy to survive. Plants need the soil, water and sun to grow. Some animals need plants for their energy (food) and some animals get their energy from other animals. When plants and animals die, their energy returns to the ecosystem.
This dependence on each other can be shown as a food chain.
Think of an Australian animal and investigate where it gets it's energy (food) from and where that energy goes! Create a food chain to show this energy flow.
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