NSWTR 2024 HR - Flipbook - Page 57
YEAR 9-10 SECTION
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STAGE 5 – DIGITAL ACTIVITY
CALLING FOR CAMPAIGNS!
In this activity from the Digital Technologies Hub, Year 9-10 students can investigate, develop
and implement a digital campaign to raise awareness of an environmental issue. Some examples of environmental
issues to investigate are included, you can also look at some of the examples suggested below and create a list for
students to draw from, or ask them to brainstorm an environmental issue important to their own locality.
In each of the examples, evaluate the digital technologies used and estimate the reach of the campaign.
9-10 Collaborative project (Digital Technologies Hub)
Example campaigns
CAMPAIGN
DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES USED
TYPE OF
DATA GATHERED
PURPOSE
OF CAMPAIGN
REACH
OF CAMPAIGN
Photos,
descriptions
To raise awareness
of bird species
and gather data
on Australian bird
populations.
Australia-wide
The Aussie Bird Count app
App,
form (on website)
Bush Heritage Australia
iNaturalist
OTHER IDEAS
Research previous extinction events, such as what might have happened to the Australian megafauna.
Create a timeline using the fossil record of how a species, such as the kangaroo or the horse, has evolved over time.
Select a species that has been saved from the brink of extinction. Research how conservation e昀昀orts saved this species.
Imagine a perfect future in species conservation. If money were no object, what would this look like in Australia?
Investigate laws related to protecting native species. Examples include: domestic pet registrations, banning of
arti昀椀cial lawns, protection of and within national parks, breeding programs.
Use a method in your textbook or one found online to extract DNA from a piece of fruit such as a kiwi or
strawberry. DNA extraction activity (National Science Week)
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
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