Compare the class definition to the accepted definition for threatened, endangered, rare and vulnerable plants or animals. Ask students to list any threatened plants and animals they are aware of. Ask students how they would go about finding information on Australia's threatened, endangered and rare plants or animals. Enhancing Using the information gathered from government organisations, books and web sites, students research information and report on Australian threatened plants and animals. The information gathered could be presented in a report format along with an illustration such as a picture of the plant or animal and a map of its distribution.
Students present their reports on the threatened plants and animals they researched.
The reports could be compiled into a class made book. List the threats to plant and animal biodiversity discovered through the students' research. Additional learning Students could investigate the many strategies and laws protecting threatened species and ecological community conservation at the national, state, regional and local level. The Threatened Species Network would be a source of this information. Students could investigate what they could personally do to help threatened species.