Science Understanding / Biological sciences

Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs; human activity can affect these interactions

• using food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat
• classifying organisms of an environment according to their position in a food chain
• investigating the effect of human activity on local habitats such as deforestation, agriculture or the introduction of a new species
• exploring how living things can cause changes to their environment and impact other living things, such as the effect of cane toads

• The Pest Problem Poster
• Understanding Pests
• The Great Kangaroo Debate
• Feral pig - Pest or Resource?
• A Risky Business - Giraffe
• A Risky Business - American Bobcat
• A Risky Business - Rhesus Monkey
• A Risky Business - Red-billed Quelea
• The Big Question
• Run Rabbit Run
• Peril Island
• The Problem with Carp
• Stop the Raven Raid
• Endangered Shorebird Protection Project
• Outsmarting the Canefield Rat
• River Rescue

Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations

• considering issues relating to the use and management of water within a community
• considering how human activity in the community can have positive and negative effects on the sustainability of ecosystems
• investigating ways to control the spread of the cane toad

• The Pest Problem Poster
• Understanding Pests
• The Great Kangaroo Debate
• Feral pig - Pest or Resource?
• A Risky Business - Giraffe
• A Risky Business - American Bobcat
• A Risky Business - Rhesus Monkey
• A Risky Business - Red-billed Quelea
• The Big Question
• Run Rabbit Run
• Peril Island
• The Problem with Carp
• Endangered Shorebird Protection Project
• River Rescue

Science understanding influences the development of practices in areas of human activity such as industry, agriculture and marine and terrestrial resource management

• researching the different scientific responses to the rabbit plagues in Australian agricultural areas

• The Pest Problem Poster
• Understanding Pests
• Run Rabbit Run

Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations

• investigating strategies implemented to maintain part of the local environment, such as bushland, a beach, a lake, a dessert or a shoreline

• The Pest Problem Poster
• A Risky Business - Giraffe
• A Risky Business - American Bobcat
• A Risky Business - Rhesus Monkey
• A Risky Business - Red-billed Quelea
• Run Rabbit Run
• Peril Island
• The Problem with Carp
• Endangered Shorebird Protection Project
• River Rescue

People use understanding and skills from across the disciplines of science in their occupations

• recognising the role of knowledge of the environment and ecosystems in a number of occupations

• The Great Kangaroo Debate
• Feral pig - Pest or Resource?
• A Risky Business - Giraffe
• A Risky Business - American Bobcat
• A Risky Business - Rhesus Monkey
• A Risky Business - Red-billed Quelea
• Peril Island
• The Problem with Carp
• Endangered Shorebird Protection Project
• Outsmarting the Canefield Rat
• River Rescue

Science Understanding / Biological sciences

Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy  flow through these systems

• exploring interactions between organisms such as predator/prey, parasites, competitors, pollinators and disease
• examining factors that affect population sizes such as seasonal changes, destruction of habitats, introduced species
• considering how energy flows into and out of an ecosystem via the pathways of food webs, and how it must be replaced to maintain the sustainability of the system

• The Pest Problem Poster
• Understanding Pests
• The Great Kangaroo Debate
• A Risky Business - Giraffe
• A Risky Business - American Bobcat
• A Risky Business - Rhesus Monkey
• A Risky Business - Red-billed Quelea
• The Big Question
• Run Rabbit Run
• Peril Island
• Stop the Raven Raid
• Endangered Shorebird Protection Project
• River Rescue

Science as a Human Endeavour / Use and influence of science

People can use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they should accept claims, explanations or predictions

• considering the impacts of human activity on an ecosystem from a range of different perspectives

• The Pest Problem Poster
• Understanding Pests
• The Great Kangaroo Debate
• Feral pig - Pest or Resource?
• A Risky Business - Giraffe
• A Risky Business - American Bobcat
• A Risky Business - Rhesus Monkey
• A Risky Business - Red-billed Quelea
• The Big Question
• Run Rabbit Run
• Peril Island
• Endangered Shorebird Protection Project
• River Rescue