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Investigate: cane toads

Text Investigate: cane toads

TLF ID A002118

This unit of work is designed to help students understand cane toads and their threat to the Australian environment and agricultural production. Why some animals are to be protected and others need to be eradicated. The resource includes a teacher guide, student learning journal and a PowerPoint presentation.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

4; 5; 6; 7

Topics Adaptation (Evolution) Animal behaviour Growth (Animals) Storms Environmental management Plant structure and function Environmental influences Toads Animal structure and function Habitats Ecosystems Pest control Biosecurity Data analysis Forest fires Human settlements Countries Symbiosis Droughts Food webs Environmental impact Human impact Floods Plant growth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Sense of place
Learning area
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: NSW Government Department of Primary Industries
  • Organization: NSW Government Department of Primary Industries
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: NSW Government Department of Primary Industries
  • Organization: NSW Government Department of Primary Industries
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Unknown
Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Downloadable
Rights
  • © State of NSW through the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development 2020, except where indicated otherwise. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/