Senior STEAM / Marine Science
During a multimedia presentation featuring coral reef footage & data from Heron Island, students learn about biodiversity, hypotheses & survey methods used to monitor coral reefs.
Students record data, interpret & discuss findings aswell as proposing future management solutions.
An ocean acidification component is also covered, which identifies the importance of data collection and its uses.
We also bring along our awesome live marine animals for some hands on learning about the animals that help keep coral reefs healthy and create some ocean themed artwork*.
(*art component optional for Grade 11 & 12)
Program Name: Senior STEAM / Marine Science
Age Group: Grade 7-12.
Duration: Approx. 1 hour 15 mins.
Australian Science Curriculum links:
- Identify, research and construct questions for investigation; propose hypotheses; and predict possible outcomes(ACSBL001)
- Conduct investigations, including using ecosystem surveying techniques, safely, competently and methodically for the collection of valid and reliable data (ACSBL003)
- Represent data in meaningful and useful ways; organise and analyse data to identify trends, patterns and relationships; qualitatively describe sources of measurement error, and uncertainty and limitations in data; and select, synthesise and use evidence to make and justify conclusions (ACSBL004)
- Ecosystems are diverse, composed of varied habitats and can be described in terms of their component species, species interactions and the abiotic factors that make up the environment(ACSBL019)
- Biodiversity includes the diversity of species and ecosystems; measures of biodiversity rely on classification and are used to make comparisons across spatial and temporal scales(ACSBL015)
- A range of evidence has been put forward by organisations such as the Australian Academy of Science and NASA in support of recent climate change occurring as a result of human activities (ACSES092)
- Climate change affects the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere; climate change has been linked to changes in species distribution, crop productivity, sea level, rainfall patterns, surface temperature and extent of ice sheets (ACSES106)
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Students record data, interpret & discuss findings aswell as proposing future management solutions.
An ocean acidification component is also covered, which identifies the importance of data collection and its uses.
We also bring along our awesome live marine animals for some hands on learning about the animals that help keep coral reefs healthy and create some ocean themed artwork*.
(*art component optional for Grade 11 & 12)
Program Name: Senior STEAM / Marine Science
Age Group: Grade 7-12.
Duration: Approx. 1 hour 15 mins.
Australian Science Curriculum links:
- Identify, research and construct questions for investigation; propose hypotheses; and predict possible outcomes(ACSBL001)
- Conduct investigations, including using ecosystem surveying techniques, safely, competently and methodically for the collection of valid and reliable data (ACSBL003)
- Represent data in meaningful and useful ways; organise and analyse data to identify trends, patterns and relationships; qualitatively describe sources of measurement error, and uncertainty and limitations in data; and select, synthesise and use evidence to make and justify conclusions (ACSBL004)
- Ecosystems are diverse, composed of varied habitats and can be described in terms of their component species, species interactions and the abiotic factors that make up the environment(ACSBL019)
- Biodiversity includes the diversity of species and ecosystems; measures of biodiversity rely on classification and are used to make comparisons across spatial and temporal scales(ACSBL015)
- A range of evidence has been put forward by organisations such as the Australian Academy of Science and NASA in support of recent climate change occurring as a result of human activities (ACSES092)
- Climate change affects the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere; climate change has been linked to changes in species distribution, crop productivity, sea level, rainfall patterns, surface temperature and extent of ice sheets (ACSES106)
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