Who cares about national parks?

Lesson 4
Protecting native animals and plants

TEACHER RESOURCE
Geography, Science, English Stage 2 | Years 3-4

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Bittangabee campground, Ben Boyd National Park. Credit: John Spencer/DPIE

Students will:

  • discover the animals and plants protected by national parks

  • learn about what these plants and animals need for survival and how they adapt to their habitat

  • watch a video to learn why national parks were established and how they help protect plants and animals

  • review the 'Life cycles of living things' and 'Food chains and webs' presentations

  • create an animal or plant factsheet.

Activities

Activity 4.1 marker

Frog call dictionary

(formative)


Activity 4.1 marker

Life cycles

(formative)

Activity 4.3 marker

Creature features

(formative)

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Animals in national parks

(summative)

Activity 4.5 marker

Plants in national parks

(summative)

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We are continually improving these Stage 2 resources and welcome your feedback.

Please direct any questions or comments to education.npws@environment.nsw.gov.au