Materials and Resources
Supplies
Guest speakers:
- Representatives from LandCare
- The McAlister River Research Farm
- Local farmers
- Animal Liberation
- A local chemical manufacturerStory books
Internet Resources
Feral animals in Australia:
http://www.animalliberation.org.au/feralint.html*
Birth control for foxes:
http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/series1fox.html*
A plague on the pest – rabbit calicivirus disease and biological control:
http://www.science.org.au/nova/001/001key.htm*
Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre:
http://www.invasiveanimals.com*
Invasive species:
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/*
Pics4learning Copyright pictures for education:
http://pics4learning.com/*
Jeannie Baker:
http://www.jeanniebaker.com*
Others Resources:
- Members of our ‘Panel of Experts’ – letters/emails prepared to go to members of the local community who could contribute to this panel.
- Community walk to the edge of town to look for examples of damage caused by introduced species for students to photograph.
- Discuss with students and colleagues potential elderly members of our community who could talk to students about their experiences of past plague conditions and/or memories of past methods of control.
- Visit to local environmental project site or farming project. Possible presentation with a local farmer via video-conference being investigated
Technology – Hardware
- Camera
- Printer
- Video Camera
- Computer(s)
- Datashow Projector
- Video Conferencing Equipment
- Digital Camera
- Scanner
- Interactive White Board
- DVD Player
- Television
- Internet Connection
- VCR
Technology – Software
- CD-ROMs
- Editing Software
- Web Page Development
- Database/Spreadsheet
- Internet Web Browser
- Word Processing
- Desktop Publishing
- Multimedia
- Animation software
- Digital Learning Objects
- Email Software
© State of Victoria 2006
Pamela Remington-Lane attended an Intel® Teach Program course and provided the idea for this portfolio. A team of teachers expanded the project.Copyright is owned by the Crown in right of the State of Victoria. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for study or training purposes, subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source and no commercial usage or sale. Reproduction for the purposes other than those indicated above requires the written permission of the Department of Education and Training. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and copyright should be addressed to the Liability Management Manager, Department of Education and Training, 2 Treasury Place, Melbourne, VIC, 3002The State of Victoria accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any part of this material and bears no responsibility for any modifications made.
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