Section outline

  • Success Criteria:

    1) Investigate and explain the impact of humans on aquatic ecosystems and how to eliminate / reduce the impacts using models

    2) Describe different habitats in aquatic ecosystems

    3) Collect scientific data from the Tāne stream 

    Activities:

    1) Research NZ Fish -- refer to Google Classroom -- you will select one fish in NZ waters (marine or freshwater) and find out more information about its catch sizes, limits, what it eats, etc. 

    2) Impacts on fishing -- compare how different nets work to determine their effects on fish populations

    3) Practical -- data collection at Tāne on Thursday 

    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING...describing how human impacts (eg. overfishing, pollution, tourism) affect marine ecosystems
    • We are FOCUSING...on explaining the direct effects of human impacts (eg. food chains and food webs)