Background

One of the first synthetic plastics to be created was rooted in sustainability. In the 1860s too much ivory was being used to make billiard balls, so a type of plastic called celluloid was developed to make them with instead. Over the next century dozens of synthetic plastics were created, in many different strengths and shapes. It was thought that using these synthetic materials instead of natural resources would be beneficial to the environment.

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A growing number of people are interested in switching to plant-based alternatives to dairy. But, are they any better for the environment and which one is best?

In this program, students will investigate how people make choices about which milk to drink. They will also look at the nutritional value of different milks as well as the impact each has on the environment.

Learning Intentions

In this program students will:

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Climate change has been a prominent media topic for several decades; most students are likely aware that it is caused by emissions from continuous burning of fossil fuels, and of the imminent dangers it presents. Reducing or eliminating emissions is an obvious mitigation exercise, but is that enough? Do we also need to remove the existing emissions from the environment, and how can we do that?

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Environmental management is concerned with the understanding of the structure and function of the earth systems, as well as of the ways in which humans relate to their environment. Environmental management is therefore concerned with the description and monitoring of environmental changes, with predicting future changes and with attempts to maximise human benefit and to minimise environmental degradation due to human activities.

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Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)

Like many Australian species, Sugar gliders are in decline. They require mature trees with well-developed hollows. Habitat destruction and fragmentation are of particular concern, reducing the number of available hollows. However, in Tasmania, where Sugar Gliders were introduced, they have become a pest, threatening populations of the endangered Swift Parrot.

Eastern Barred Bandicoot  (Perameles gunii)