
Australian Endangered Species Websites
The following provide information on Zoos Victoria conservation projects and the threatened species listed in the Endangered Species Student Research table.
Zoos Victoria Conservation webpage
http://www.zoo.org.au/Conservation
Zoos Victoria Australian Conservation programs
http://www.zoo.org.au/Conservation/Programs/Australian
The Brushtailed Rock Wallaby Recovery Team website
http://www.vicrockwallaby.com/
The Amphibian Research Centre
http://frogs.org.au/arc/
Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater website
http://www.helmetedhoneyeater.org.au/
Mountain Pygmy Possum
http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/4741/
Orange Bellied Parrot Recovery Plan
Action Statement for the Spotted Tree Frog
Save the Tasmanian Devil website
http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/
Information on Dingoes
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/plantsanimals/TheDingo.htm
Information on the Bilby
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/bilby/
Information on the Platypus
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/native_animals/platypus/
The following website provides information on Inquiry Models of Learning
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/eq/archive/autumn2004/html/article_02.shtml
This handbook addresses Enduring Understandings in Chapter 4.
Wiggins and McTighe, J ,1999 Understanding by Design, ASCD Virginia USA.
Australian Endangered Species Learning Log09 (2.pdf ( 256.9 KB ) | ||
Australian Endangered SpeciesResearch Table.pdf ( 152.3 KB ) | ||
Take Action_Helmeted Honeyeater_colour.pdf ( 387.1 KB ) | ||
Take Action_Planting for Parrots.pdf ( 522.8 KB ) | ||
Australian Endangered Species.pdf ( 112.6 KB ) | ||
Protecting ecosystems depends upon humans limiting their impact.
Since Australian ecosystems evolved in isolation over millions of years, unique plants and animals, which are highly adapted to survive their local conditions, resulted.
Unfortunately in the last 200 years: