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Surry River at Narrawong - A role-play by admin — last modified 23-07-2007 14:31
This file has student handouts including a short introduction, the roles for each group of students to write a script for and some actual newspaper and web articles about specific incidents at the Surry River.
Author/s: Gow, Britt (gow.britt.bg@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Description: This activity allows students to role-play an environmental management issue that affects estuaries. Estuaries are important habitat for marine and freshwater species and when rivers are blocked, biodiversity is at risk due to changes in water quality.
Resource Type: Case Study
Curriculum:
Learning Areas: science 
Keywords: Water and Marine
Ecology
Biodiversity and Ecology
Policy and Research
State: VIC Outcomes:
Stages: 5 Notes:
Years: 7, 8 Resource links:
Syllabus Victorian Essential Learning Standards: "Students explain the relationships, past and present, in living and non-living systems, in particular ecosystems, and human impact on these systems. They analyse what is needed for living things to survive, thrive or adapt, now and in the future."
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University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment Teach Sustainability Environmental Trust University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Teach Sustainability