Teaching & Learning Resource Pilot
Last Chance For The Murray-Darling Say Scientists
Radio, AM (23 Nov 2009) National Curriculum: Year 10 Subjects: Science
A presentation by an environment reporter on the issue of lack of water in the Murray-Darling River system as raised by a number of scientists in a report to the Federal Government. A number of the scientists also present their view of the situation.
Format: Audio
Segment run time: 3m 48s
Last reviewed: 10/06/2010
Year level: Year 10
Relevance:
Curriculum strands
Contributing to a plan for investigating an environmental issue, such as salinity and its causes. [S6-8SIS2]; Science has led to changes in the way people live and its applications both influence and can be influenced by personal and community choices…such as the way we value and use water for agriculture. [S6– 8SHE2]; Australian scientists have made a significant contribution to understanding the ecology of and managing river systems and related wetlands. [S6-10SHE4]; Geological features and their role in establishing and sustaining ecosystem. [S8SU5]; Green roofs provide a new way of managing heat exchange and changing rainfall patterns caused by global warming. [S9SU4]
Assumed prior learning
Location of the Murray-Darling river system, the Lower Lakes and Coorong wetlands; what is meant by a catchment area; the relationships between drought and the water cycle; basic knowledge of the ways rivers are managed in Eastern Australia to provide water for irrigation; familiarity with the terms wetlands, acid soils and salinity.
Suggestions for using this resource
Suggestions for using the resource…
- as a context for students in Year 6 to experience the discovery of information related to science (eg salinity, acid sulfate soils) using audio material from the Internet
- as a source of names of Australian scientists for students in Yrs 6 – 8 to search the Internet for information about their science backgrounds and the organizations they work for.
- as an information source for students in Year 6 - 8 to devise a strategy for collecting data about a scientific phenomenon and to possibly use this data to conduct an investigation of the problems of salinity.
by students in Year 8 to research a spectacular Australian landform such as the world
Related resources
Key species responses: how water management influences biodiversity in the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLAMM)http://www.csiro.au/science/CLLAMM-key-species-responses.html and the UNSW paper referred to on the web page [these two resources best for Y8]
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