Teacher name:
School: Kilsyth Secondary College
Presentation Title: Behind the scenes of biodiversity
Name of Mentor
Describe your presentation
Type of Presentation
(Please circle/highlight those being used)
Biodiversity is very important for a healthy environment. We will explore why biodiiversity is so important and what happens when the balance of an ecosystem when it is disturbed.
Please describe how you would use the above presentation types in your interactive presentation:
PowerPoint Song Dance Quiz Show
Debate Experiment Craft Interview
Models Cooking Physical Game Drama
Role play Poem Game
Other, please specify: Simulation
Introduction: What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity rap http://www.uga.edu/srel/kidsdoscience/games/biodiversity-rap.pdf
Activity 1
Animal charades:
Students then each take an animal card and move around the room to form groups using these categories
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Where do these animals live?
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Which animals are reptiles, mammals, birds and fish
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Which animals have the biggest impact on the environment?
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Which animals are the most valuable to humans?
Resources:
Animal flash cards http://www.kids-pages.com/flashcards5.htm
Nature flash cards http://www.kids-pages.com/flashcards5.htm
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Activity 2
Students explore the relationships within food chains work by playing go fish with carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, insectivore, predator, scavenger, filter feeder, parasite, cleaner flash cards
Resources: http://bogglesworldesl.com/foodchain_flashcards.htm
Activity 3
Food web – simulation activity
Students stand in a circle wearing a card with an image of a plant, animal or ecosystem they then throw a ball of wool to each other to create a food web. As students throw the ball of wool to each other they explain the relationship they share. Holding onto the wool students continue throwing the ball until everyone is holding a strand of wool. What happens if one species becomes extinct or an ecosystem ruined? One student is selected to have a natural disaster and sits down, any students whose strand of wool is pulled when this happens also sits down. This continues until all students are seated. This process represents the flow on effect that change in one part of the ecosystem has on the rest of the ecosystem.
Conclude
Reflection session on what students as individuals can do improve the environment
Workshop Aims / What do we want our audience to learn?:
Biodiversity is the key to a healthy environment
We need to very careful how we use our natural resources so we don’t harm the environment.
How will we share the things we’ve learnt about the topic?
Present to whole school and classes from neighbouring schools. Invite parents and local council representatives to our workshop.
What will we need for our workshop? (MENTOR?, Props, models, pictures, computers, tables, cleaning products)
Charade cards, ball of wool, food web cards
What similar presentations have we done that may help? (public speaking, drama, talking at assembly)
Inter school conferences and assemblies
What roles do each of us (presenters) have in our presentation? (time keeper, MC, researcher, multimedia manager)
All delegates preparing and presenting own activity. www.kidsteachingkids.com.au
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