Correlation of EarthComm: Understanding Your Environment
to Exploring the Nardoo |
| EarthComm Chapter |
Investigations |
Goals |
Nardoo Activity |
| 2. River Systems... and Your Community |
Streambank Management |
Understand streambank management and wetlands. |
Write an action plan for farmers and developers to avoid damage along the river. |
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Floods |
Understand floods and flood prevention. |
Recount and explain the human experience of flooding and the effects of dams and levees. |
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Dams |
Understand issues of dam construction. |
Investigate the issues of dam construction and its impact |
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Pristine River |
Examine a pristine environment and the effects of development. |
Investigate the effects of development on plants in a pristine region. |
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Simulations |
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Dam Management |
Demonstrate the problems of managing water in a catchment. |
Manage the land use, without depleting the water supply. |
| EarthComm Chapter |
Investigations |
Goals |
Nardoo Activity |
| 3. Land Use Planning...and Your Community |
Waterplants and Weeds Investigation |
Understand how weeds are a problem to a river and to those that use it. |
Investigate and recount the history of weeds along the river. |
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Coal Mining |
Understand how a community can be affected by mining. |
Using chemical and biological tests, determine the cause of problems related to mining. |
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Chemical Pollution |
Examine the effects of chemical pollution. |
Investigate and report on the causes of fish death along the river. |
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Farming |
Understand how farming affects a river. |
Make a multimedia presentation on the effects of a variety of farming practices. |
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Logging |
Explain the benefits and problems of logging. |
Investigate a proposal to expand logging in the upper catchment. |
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Recreation |
Examine how recreational facilities benefit a community. |
Report on the benefits of a marina proposal as a local teenager. |
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Water Management |
Understand how water is a community resource. |
Investigate how a community copes with water restrictions. |
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Sand and Gravel Extraction |
Examine how an industry affects the river while benefiting the community. |
As summer camp student examine how the river has changed due to sand and gravel extraction. |
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Simulations |
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Home Water Use Simulation |
To provide an understanding of water conservation and practical ideas to reduce consumption. |
Student compares the use of water at home with the national average for an equal-size home during a quarter of the year. |
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Blue Green Algae Bloom Simulation |
To demonstrate the causes and effects of algal blooms. |
Determine the relationship between factors affecting blooms. |