Indigenous Activity - Extinction
Indigenous Activity - Extinction
Indigenous Activity - Extinction
Indigenous Times
JUNIOR HIGH ACTIVITY, SCIENCE: TEACHER’S NOTES
TEACHER’S NOTES
2. Discuss the effect of introduced species and encourage students to suggest other reasons certain
species may end on an endangered list.
3. Ask students if they are aware of any other Australian animals that are endangered.
5. Students are to consider some of the animals listed and use the reference provided and other ref-
erence sources to answer the accompanying questions.
6. Students then select one or two of the animals and find out what role they play in dreamtime leg-
ends by using a search engine and typing in dreamtime, followed by the name of the animal they
are interested in and following any useful links.
A C T I V I T Y
ENDANGERED AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS
Australia has many kinds of animals that are found nowhere else in the world. Sample these Internet
sites and complete the activities for each one to learn about the factors that are
endangering some of the most remarkable animals in the world.
SUGAR GLIDER POSSUM POTOROO
http://home.mira.net/~areadman/sugar.htm http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/mammals/potoroo.html
What type of habitat does a sugar glider live in? These animals were listed in the category "Presumed To Be
What does a sugar glider feed on? Extinct".
Where can you find potoroos?
BRIDLED NAILTAIL WALLABY What is the diet of the potoroo?
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/nature/endangered/html/
nailtail_wallaby.html SOUTHERN TIGER QUOLLS
What are the factors that have caused these Australian walla- http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/nature/endangered/html/
bies to become endangered? quoll.html
What factors have led to their declining numbers?
DIBBLER
http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/dibbler.html QUOKKA
For 83 years, this marsupial was thought to be what? http://home.mira.net/~areadman/quokka.htm
What do they eat? Where in the world do they live?
What is their habitat? What is unusual about how they give birth?
Why are they endangered?
WOMA
NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/woma.html
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/nature/endangered/html/nt What kind of animal is a woma?
h_wombat.html What do they eat?
These Australian wombats are critically endangered. About How do they capture their prey?
how many of them are left? Why are they endangered?
What has caused them to become endangered?
NUMBAT
NORTHERN BETTONG http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/numbat.html
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/nature/endangered/html/ http://edsitewa.iinet.net.au/perthzoo/numbat.html
bettong.html In what part of the world do numbats live?
What is threatening the numbers of bettongs? What do they exclusively eat?
What do they eat? Why are they endangered?
How does the bettong's eating habits benefit the entire forest?
BROKEN DREAM TIME
SCRUB WALLABY http://www.geom.umn.edu/~jpeng/KOALA/sci_am.html
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azwalaby.html What happened to millions of koalas around the turn of the last
Why are they endangered? century?