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"Something strange is happening in the ecosystem..."
A local fish population is mysteriously declining. As trained Balance Busters, your mission is to solve The Case of theVanishing Fish. But this isn’t just about one species, it’s about uncovering how the whole food chain works, who depends on whom, and what happens when just one part of the system starts to fail. Your investigation will take you from the muddy shallows to the tree canopy as you pump for yabbies and examine their role in freshwater food chains, cast a net and fishing line to survey fish species and identify energy pathways, dissect a fish to explore internal adaptations and feeding structures, observe ant colonies and decomposers at work and play the Web of Life game to uncover interdependence. Construct real food webs from evidence you collect in the field. Take on a sustainable fishing challenge to test your decision-making as ecosystem managersYou’ll explore the environment from the bottom of the food chain to the top, discovering producers, consumers,and decomposers along the way. Only by understanding the full picture will you solve the mystery and help restore balance to the web of life.
The Year 4 Program Overview contains detailed curriculum links and is available to download in the Related Links on the right.