NSWTR 2024 HR - Flipbook - Page 16
SPECIES GAME: CONSERVATION CRISIS!
GAME CARDS – PRIMARY – NEGATIVE CARDS
CARD 2
CARD 1
Your house keeps bright lights on all night, confusing
insects, and attracting moths which think the light is the
Moon. An owl eats the moths attracted to an outside light.
Mum mows the lawn very short each week. There are no
hidey-holes left for insects to live.
Remove all of your moths.
Remove 4 insects from your ecosystem, 1 snail that would
eat some of the insects and all the flowers.
CARD 4
CARD 3
An oil spill nearby affects your ecosystem. The oil gets
into the feathers and food of the shore birds and they die.
Your dog runs loose at the beach, scaring off shore birds
and their babies.
Remove all the shore birds from your ecosystem.
Remove 1 shore bird from your ecosystem.
CARD 6
CARD 5
You let your cat out at night, and it kills some of the
animals that are nocturnal.
Climate change causes bushfires, which are happening more
often than they used to occur. There’s less time for plants
to recover between fires and many animals are killed.
Remove 1 possum and 2 birds.
Remove 1 koala, 2 birds, 2 snails and all the flowers in
your ecosystem.
CARD 8
CARD 7
People who don’t know that prickly pear is a weed start
growing prickly pear plants at home and then sell them
online to people in the local area.
You feed the local wildlife but the diet of white bread and
crackers actually ends up causing harm to them.
Remove 1 of each type of bird from your ecosystem.
Remove all of your shrubs or all of your flowers due to them not
having space to live with all the extra prickly pear growing.
CARD 10
CARD 9
A flood in the area leaves many plants under water
for days and kills many land-dwelling animals.
Pollution in the soil and waterways poison plants and
animals.
Remove 2 flowers and 1 lizard.
Remove all the trees, 1 shrub, 2 worms and snails,
and 1 bird that eats them.
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
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