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Ecosystems - Background Information
Working Together for the Environment - from Environmental Trust and UniServe Science
Preliminary course—A local ecosystem - from TAFE Learning Materials Production
Ecology Worksheets - from Queensland Science Teachers
Studies of Society & Environment - teacher resources across all levels; produced by Queensland Studies Authority
Case Studies - from Community Builders, NSW
Coasts and Marine Schools Project - from Marine Education Society of Australasia
Introduction to Global Change - from the University of Michigan, materials which are available from this site are available to instructors from other institutions free of charge, registering and adhering to usage guidelines is requested
Scroll down for the following topics: The Concept of an Ecosystem and The Flow of Energy: Primary Production and Higher Trophic LevelsPopulation Growth and Balance - good background information and computer modelling application (Java)
Wetlands
Wetlands management in NSW - from Natural Resources, NSW Government
Sydney Park, St Peters - from City of Sydney
Rivers and Wetlands - from Nature & Conservation Council of NSW
Our Wetlands - NSW's secret nurseries - from Nature & Conservation Council of NSW
Food Webs Secondary Activities - from Gould League; activities for secondary students
Wetlands - finally recognised as the 'good guys' but still under threat - from The National Trust (pdf, 88 KB)
The World's Biomes - from Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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Investigating Populations
Population Dynamics
WebBeePop: A Honey Bee Population Dynamics Simulation Model - includes Sizing up the Population which covers Capture-tag-recapture, Quadrat method and Species area curves.
From United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research ServiceSampling techniques to estimate the size of a population
Lecture 2. Estimation of population density and size - from Virginia Tech
How many fish are in the Pond? - Classroom capture-recapture exercise in pdf format (80 KB), from Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education
Capture-recapture lesson Plan - from NCTM, USA., includes activity Sheet
Capture-recapture exercise - Lesson, (word doc 44.5kB) From Minnesota State University
Intertidal Quadrat Studies - from Georgia Strait Alliance. Quadrat studies are biological assessments that use a grid system as a method of collecting data
Investigations of Ecosystems: The Transect as a Tool in Collaborative Learning - from Racerocks.com
Ecological Sampling Methods from Offwell Woodland & Wildlfie Trust, UK.
Vegetation Analysis Field Lab - from Washington University, 24 page (Word doc 389kB)
Habitat Dynamics a class exercise from National Science Teachers Association, USA (pdf, 112 KB)
An On-line Rocky Intertidal Transect - from Connecticut State University
Transect Investigation - a practical activity from NOVA Online, PBS USA.
Simulations
Capture-Tag-Recapture - from United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service
Population Growth and Balance - good background information and computer modelling application (Java), from Arcytech
Examples
Amphibian Monitoring - (pdf, 2.15 MB) from Cape Cod National Seashore
The Great Australian Marsupial Nightstalk - an initiative of the Marsupial Cooperative Research Centre, Perth Zoo
Mangrove Ecosystem - from World Resources Institute, download pdf file (72 KB) of useful data from Hong Kong
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Flow of Energy and Matter in an Ecosystem
Ecosystem Function; Organic Matter and Energy Flow - from Michigan Tech
Ecosystem Productivity - from J Kimball's Biology Pages
Trophic levels - from BioEd Online
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Relationships between Species
Interactions - including mututalism, allelopathy, mutualism and commensalism, from the Mangrove Virtual Field Trip developed by Jan West, OTEN
Abiotic and Biotic factors - includes mututalism, allelopathy, mutualism and commensalism, from Eastern Connecticut State University
Biotic Interactions and the Distribution of Species - from Physical Geography Net
Symbiosis - from from J Kimball's Biology Pages
AllelopathyParasitismAllelopathy in Trees - from The University of Georgia
Allelopathy Research at the University of Savoie - including What is Allelopathy?
Allelopathy - from Cornell University, includes theoretical introduction and laboratory work
CommensalismInsect Parasitic Nematodes - from Cooperative Extension, Colorado State University
Hydatids - when a dog is not man's best friend - NOVA, The Australian Academy of Science
Predator/Prey populationsCommensalism - Good photographs and examples from Nearctica website
Natural Selection: Predator-Prey Interaction - a simulation from Fullerton College, California, download in pdf (39 KB)Mathematical Modelling of Predator Prey Interactions - from Montana University
Introduction to the Predator Prey Problem - from Messiah College
Predator prey Simulation - classroom simulation which does not require a computer, from Access Excellence
WATOR - a simulation (Java Applet) of the predator-prey interaction between sharks and fish, scroll down for text material
Predator - Prey Applet - from Montana State University
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Trophic Interactions
Food Web in Caves - including a food web for a cave ecosystem.
Food Chains and Food Webs - from Queensland Science Teachers' Association
Creating a Visual Relationship of Organisms: Food Webs and Trophic Levels - from Access Excellence's Activities Exchange
ATLSS Across Trophic Level System Simulation - from University of Tennessee
Insect Travel Brochure - from Insects in the Classroom: Bugs as teaching tools for all ages, Texas A&M University
The Wolf, the Moose, and the Fir Tree: Who Controls Whom on Isle Royal? A case study of trophic interactions - from Case Studies in Science, State University of New York at Buffalo together with Case Teaching Notes
Trophic Interactions in Estuarine Systems (TIES) - Scientists studying Chesapeake Bay, USA (completed 2001)
Energy Flow in Ecosystems: Energy capture and use - from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
The Flow of Energy in Ecosystems - from University of Hamburg
Queensland Government - Wetland Information
Fire ecology in Tasmania - from Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service
Life and Adaptations to Water - from South Australian Museum - virtual exhibition, requires Quicktime player (link for download provided)
Vegetation of the Australian Alps - from the Australian Alps National Parks
Fauna of the Australian Alps - from the Australian Alps National Parks
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Human Impact on Ecosystems
Human Impact on Ecosystems - a suggested investigation available in pdf (136 KB) from Black Gold Schools, Canada
Population and environment - from NOVA, Australian Academy of Science
Interrelationships - covers human impact on environment, from Oswego School District, Regents Prep
Human Impact on the Natural Environment - from Oswego School District, Regents Prep. A small web site summarising the topic.
Biodiversity Management Issues Brochures - 10 pdf brochures (215-368 KB) which address issues related to major biodiversity management issues for rivers and streams, from Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
Reimbursing the Future: An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity - from Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage the Arts
Wingecarribee: the Collapse of the Wingecarribee Wetlands - from Robertson Environment Protection Society
Wingecarribee Swamp Coordinates for use in Google Earth: Latitude 34°33'23.02"S, longitude 150°30'13.17"EWetlands publications - from Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, newsletter, interactives, brochures and case studies
Exploring Our Wetlands - from Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
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Virtual field trips as models for local environment investigations
Ready-to-use Field tripsThree Queensland Sites for Collaborative Field trips for Schools
Virtual Field trips website - from Oz teacher-Net Projects
Virtual Fields Trips - from The Learning Place, Education Queensland
Current Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) page
Australian Alps Education Kit - produced by the Australian Alps Liaison Committee as part of its program to increase awareness of the Alps. Topics include Geology and Geomorphology, Soils, Vegetation and Fauna of the Australian Alps
Towra Point Mangrove Excursion - from the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney
Ecosystem at Risk Virtual Fieldtrip - Minnamurra Rainforest, from HSC Online, Charles Sturt University
Vegetation of Mt Field National Park and the South-West Tasmania Wilderness Area - from University of Tasmania
Virtual Mangrove Field Trip - created by Jane West (OTEN) and available from the LMP Science Online web site
Additional Mangrove InformationMangroves in India - from Soonabai Pirojsha Godrej Marine Ecology Centre, Mumbai
Plant Collecting in Western New South Wales - a virtual field trip from the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
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