KLA : Geography

 

TOPIC:  Fragile Ecosystems – Alpine Environments

–    Alpine National Park, Vic.

 

Learning Contract : assessment

 

In order to complete this learning contract you must achieve a minimum of     18 points

 

Knowledge & comprehension tasks                                                                                      2 points each

Application & analysis tasks                                                                                      4 points each

Synthesis and Evaluation tasks                                                                                      6 points each

 

 

You decide which combination of tasks you would like to complete.

You must have a total of 18 points.

 

DATE DUE:-   Friday 23rd November, 2001

Unit of Study  :  Alpine Ecosystems – Alpine National Park                                                                              Stage 4

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Intelligences

Bloom’s Taxonomy : Six Thinking Levels

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

Linguisitic

 

 

List 10 species of plants & animals found in the park

Explain the importance of the park to Australia.

Design a poster to educate others of  the benefits of the park

What features make the climate of the park unique?

Create a TV/radio ad for the park.

Review and improve the web page of the Alpine National Park

Logical-mathematical

 

 

 

How much would it cost to stay at the park for a week during summer?

Create a foodweb that would be found in the park.

Construct a diorama showing the habitat of an animal found in the park.

Carry out a PMI on the effect of  tourism in the park.

Design a pathway that would enable tourists to see parts of the park with very little impact on the environment.

Justify the amount of money spent of maintaining the park.

Spatial

 

 

 

Draw a number of plants/animals from the park and name them.

Make a collage of  images associated with the park.

Draw a map to show the location of the park and key features in the park.

Using a Venn Diagram compare and contrast  2 species of frogs found in the park.

Illustrate the title page of a book titled “ Snowgums and Pygmy Possums”

Imagine that you will be visiting the park in 2025. What will  you find then?

Bodily-kinaesthetic

 

 

 

Choose 6 animals/plants found in the park and spell their names using body shapes.

Make cut-outs of  6 of the endangered species in the park

Teach another student about how we can protect the park.

Dramatise how some animals survive in the harsh alpine environment.

Create and perform a play dealing with caring for the park.

Devise a short  environmental game that could be used to others about caring for the park.

Musical

 

 

Find a song dealing with an alpine ecosystem.

Write a song about people caring for the alpine ecosystem.

Read  an ‘alpine’ poem and select an appropriate piece of music for the background.

Find 2 animal sounds. Record and test class recognition. Describe the animal.

Compose a series of rhythms to simulate  24hrs/ or seasonal change in the park.

Perform

Act and choreograph a dance about saving the park.

Interpersonal

 

 

Describe to others your life as a Baw Baw Frog.

Discuss the effect on the environment if  it was not a park.

Lead a group discussion on “Tourism in the Park”

Working in groups use Jigsaw to gather information about endangered species in the Alpine National Park

Working with a partner construct a diorama of  alpine vegetation

Pretend that you are a park ranger. Write your diary for one day.

Intrapersonal

 

 

 

What can you do to stop a species in the park from becoming extinct?

Visualise yourself as an animal in the park being threatened  of extinction. How do you feel? Complete a Y Chart

Impersonate your favourite endangered species

You are standing in front of a Pygmy Possum.  Now complete the X Chart.

4-wheel driving should be banned in the park. Do a SWOT