Lesson Four - Plants and People
Key Concepts:
- Human activity can have an impact on an environment (eg land clearing, farming practices, removing too many native organisms from an area and introducing non-native animals and plants)
- Introduced plants and animals can have an impact on a particular environment (eg negative impact: the cane toad, feral animals and weeds)
- Living things have relationships that threaten their survival (eg predators, disease and introduced species)
The following is a great lesson on the greenhouse effect with information and activities:
We recommend the sections "The Greenhouse Effect" and "The Carbon Dioxide Game"
The following site has great facts on introduced plant species in Australia:
