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Year 6 Aquatic Weeds Incursion

  • November 1, 2018
  • Kerrie Cogger
  • · Classroom News · Science · Uncategorized · waterwise · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

An extension to our commitment to Waterwise Schools is to look at protecting our water sources in WA.  Recently Claire Hammersley from Murdoch University’s Environmental Assessment and Management came to St Emilie’s to present an incursion to the Year 6 students about aquatic weeds, in particular Amazon Frogbit.

Here are a few photos of the incursion.  The students learned that Amazon Frogbit was recently declared as a ‘weed’  It was originally brought into WA as an aquarium plant but unfortunately has ended up taking over our waterways, depriving our native species of nutrients and oxygen.

The students learned about the different types of aquatic weeds and their habitats in a waterway.

The students had the opportunity to observe and investigate Amazon Frogbit and a native aquatic plant called Duck Weed.

Claire showed small groups of students the ‘catchment model’.  The catchment model demonstrates how water travels on the landscape and shows how water pollution impacts the whole catchment and environment.

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