12.1 Sustaining Biodiversity

GEOGRAPHY

12.1 Sustaining Biodiversity

Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8 / Week 9 / Week 10
What is Biodiversity?
World Biomes / Threats to Biodiversity / Australia’s Bio-regions &
Nutrient Cycles / Local Area Research
Written Report Set / Protecting Biodiversity &
Field Trip / Report Preparation Written Report Check / Introduced Species / Local and Regional Case Studies
Written Report Due / Review – SRT Revision
SRT / Exam Block
Term / Learning Goal / Success Criteria / Resources
Week
1 / Investigate biodiversity. Identify reasons for biodiversity, analyse its impacts and summarise key components of differing ecosystems /

List living and non-living components
Identify interconnections between components
Construct and link flow chart models of ecosystems
Summarise ecosystem processes and energy flows
Construct a list of key definitions

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
pp 75 -91
World Spheres
What is Biodiversity? - Introduction
Frozen Planet
Definitions Presentation
Biodiversity Definitions List
Biodiversity Definitions Complete
Composite climate graph skills
Composite Graph Excel Example
2 / Investigate and summarise threats to Biodiversity /

Notes and summary of effects on biodiversity
Use of online databases and spatial images to analyse biodiversity trends
Research local area species loss and threats to biodiversity
Apply APA referencing

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
pp 99 - 109
Current Species Loss
ICUN Red-list Activity
Threats to Biodiversity – Sinister Sextet
Threats to Biodiversity –Research
Impacts of Introduced Species
3 / Investigate and identifynutrient cycles, their links to biomes and changes, impacts and influences
Investigate changes to Australia’s Bio Regions
Evaluate the roles of consumers, producers, decomposers /

View and understand nutrient cycle models and be able to explain ecosystem matches and impacts to nutrient models
Write an extended paragraph annotating key effects on vegetation patterns
Construct and interpret graphs on nutrient cycles
Identify species and summarise roles of producers, consumers and decomposers

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
pp 92 -99,
Food Webs and Chains
4 / Investigate and summarise the Geology of Cooloola Region /

Define– Perched Lakes, Sand blow, Podzolic soils, Fens,
Field Trip– Rainbow Beach / Cooloola NP – preparation
Assessment preview – analyse criteria
Measuring vegetation in quadrats

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
Exemplar – Field Report - HBSHS
APA referencing guide – USQ
Measuring Vegetation
Quadrats
Perched Lakes
Geology of Cooloola
Geomorphology of Cooloola - Thesis
Fri - Assessment - Written Report Set
5 / Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of differing strategies in the maintenance of biodiversity /

Field Trip – Rainbow Beach / Cooloola NP
Research approaches to intergenerational biodiversity
Complete a comparison matrix
Prepare a class oral presentation

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
pp 109 - 115
Wild Life Corridors
Wildlife Corridors diagram p119
Biome Types - Summary
6 / Synthesise information from field studies (primary) and research data (secondary) to complete a written report on biodiversity in the Fraser Cooloola area /

Complete Written Report Draft

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
Fri - Assessment - Report Draft Due
7 / Compare geographical data on Australian feral species.
Investigate a case study on an Australian feral speciesandan Australian Conservation Group eg AWC /

Research an Australian feral species including history, effect (including economic) and response
Complete a pairs presentation

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
pp 102-109
Introduced Species – Summary Example (Fire Ants)
8 / Investigate threats to local species. Evaluate conservation measures and external pressures leading to species decline /

Local and Regional Case Study – Dugongs + PNG
Summarise key impacts on local species
Research geographic distribution of sea grass beds in the Great Sandy Straits
List impacts on dugong environments
Suggest counter measures for decline

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
pp 115 - 123
PNG Introduction
PNG Flora and Fauna
Local Case Study – Dugongs
Local Flooding Effects
Fri - Assessment - Report Final Due
9 / Identify biodiversity, evaluate and justify threats to biodiversity and human impacts on biodiversity /

Complete revision and assessment

/ Senior Geography 2 Ch3 – pp 69 - 124
SRT Revision Sheet
Tues – Assessment - SRT
10 / Exam Block