Description
This is a night time activity for camp schools. Students prepare baits and set traps in the forest hoping to catch possums, gliders or other mammals. They look at classification and identifiable features of marsupials and placental mammals. They discuss adaptations for survival and responses to the physical conditions of the environment in which they live.
Each year level has a slightly different focus consistent with the Australian Curriculum.
Year 7 Australian Curriculum (Science)
Complements C2C Units: Organising & Affecting Organisms
This is a night time activity for camp schools. Students prepare baits and set traps in the forest hoping to catch possums, gliders or other mammals. They look at the classification and identifiable features of marsupials and placental mammals.
SU: There are differences within and between groups of organisms; Classification helps organise this diversity (ACSSU111)
Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs; human activity can affect these interactions (ACSSU112)
SIS: Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork, ensuring that safety and ethical guidelines are followed (ACSIS125)
(Half day)