Who cares about national parks?

Lesson 5
Threatened species

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

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

Students will:

  • discover what threatened and endangered species are

  • learn about why these plants and animals are labelled this way and the threats to their survival

  • watch videos about the 'Saving our Species' program and how the wollemi pines are being protected

  • review factsheets on eight threatened species in NSW

  • undertake a research task to create a threatened species profile.

Activities

Activity 5.1 marker

Physical features of threatened species

(formative)


Activity 5.2 marker

Threatened species field study

(formative)

Activity 5.3 marker

Interpreting data

(summative)

Activity 5.4 marker

Threatened species 'wanted' poster

(summative)

Independent research task: Threatened species profiling

(summative)

Class activity marker

Animal habitats

(summative)

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