year+11+Environmental+Science

 __Unit 2 - Monitoring the Environment **Note** due date: Fri: 14/11/08 __  (Investigate and report on a local example of environmental degradation or an environmental issue)  :This is a compulsory piece of work required to satisfy the above outcome : The work may be done in groups of no more than 3 persons : Make sure you read the relevant suggested references    a)  **Produce ** an annotated visual display of your roadside reserve integrated with photographs to show the extent of the weed problem on the areas you walked during your fieldwork. **Ensure** it has a suitable heading and labels.   b)   **Write **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">a brief description of the main types of weeds you encountered on your walk and your groups opinions on the seriousness of the situation. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> c)  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Ensure **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> your roadside weed data column sheet is neatly filled out and **attach** it to your annotated visual display sheet <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> d)   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Within the Macedon Ranges there are many weeds which are threatening our natural ecosystems such as Gorse, Blackberries, Artichoke Thistle, Serrated Tussock and Cape Broome. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> -    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">When and why the species was introduced <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> -    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Where did the species come from <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> -    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Explain what problem it causes <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> -    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">State the extent of its spread in Australia already <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> -    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">How can it be controlled <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Ref: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.weedscrc.org.au/index_flash.html <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Click <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> on “publications” on the horizontal menu <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Then **scroll** down to “weed management guides”) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> e)  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Research and summarise briefly **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> various methods of weed control, including physical, chemical, biological and cultural. For each **make a judgement** on some of the positives and negatives of using such a control. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">(Ref <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> [|www.weedscrc.org.au] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> f)   **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Discuss briefly **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> the reasons as why mass clearing with a bulldozer of weed species or large scale chemical spraying without other follow up work may not be suitable on roadside reserves as a response to the introduced species problem. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> g)  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Research **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.science.org.au/nova/099/099key.htm <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> and **state briefly** the extent and significance of the weed problem in Australia. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> h)   **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Create **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> either a __poster with pictures and messages on A3 paper__ or __short DVD__ or __slideshow presentation__ on preventative management to help stop the spread of weed species generally within the shire, for the average citizen. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">(Ref: [|www.weedscrc.org.au/index_flash.html] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> i)   **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Research **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> the Parliamentary Act about landowners responsibilities with regard to introduced species and **write** what they are. **Explain** how roadside reserves might be a grey area at times. State which government department is responsible for enforcing the Act.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">YEAR 11 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Remember **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: Only 4 lessons to work on this next week till the exam week starts
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Research **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> each of these weed species mentioned above and **take notes** on the following areas :
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Click **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> on “weed management” on the horizontal menu
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR THE PRESENTATION JUDGED THE BEST! **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Click **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> on “weed management” on the horizontal menu
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Scroll **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">down to “preventative management”) ....for a few tips.

In partnership with Melbourne Water students will be revegetating Jackson's Creek where it shares a border with the school property.

For student first impressions of the creek see movie below:

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A message to my year 11 students: we will be recording your voices for continued updates on the Creek Project. You will answer a question, then ask someone else and pass on the microphone, they will answer your question and ask someone else a different question. Please think carefully about what you might ask. We don't want it to sound like this clip below:

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and we don't want it to sound like this either:

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 * ) SMILE

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