Some of the DNR Forest Fact Sheets might also provide suitable background to your activity. These Fact Sheets cover a range of forest management issues. F9 Plantation forests F10 Forests and climate Links to each Fact Sheet can be found on the DNR Forest Facts index page . This classroom activity is designed for students to compare land use issues in their local environment with those explored in the Casuarina Glade scenario . Students may choose from tasks including researching about rare and threatened species in their local area, developing food webs for local species, and proposing methods of establishing plant and animal distributions in the local area and developing management strategies to conserve local species.
Students present their recommendations for land management strategies to the rest of the class.
Suggestions for types of presentations are given in the Resource sheet.