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VCE Environmental Science

Revision lecture powerpoint presentation by Craig Cleeland, Aquinas College - November 14 2006.

Course information (this can also be acccessed at the VCAA website)
VCE Environmental Science study design

The VCAA VET Program in Conservation and Land Management may be of interest to teachers and students of environmental science. The program can be taken as a dual qualification in conjunction with environmental science. CLICK HERE to acces the pdf version of the VCAA VET Program in Conservation and Land Management information booklet.

Student work

Example of student work from Aquinas College, Ringwood (supplied by Craig Cleeland, Aquinas College) 2006.

Activities and experiment ideas for Units 2, 3, 4
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Year 11 - practical activity to measure Dissolved Oxygen in Creek Water.

Unit 3  
Case Studies Conservation Case Studies (worksheet supplied by Dianne Hanna, Wanganui College)
  Scenario and case-study
Brown Back Wallaby
  A Short Introduction to Population Viability Analysis
This page provides a short introduction to population viability analysis. It is extracted from the textbook Applied Population Ecology by H. R. Akçakaya, M. Burgman and L. Ginzburg available on http://ramas.com/pva.htm (resource supplied by Dianne Hanna, Wanganui College) or CLICK HERE
Other resources A list of threatened species across Australia that can be used as case study for Unit 3.
  Ecological sustainability - concept checklist
Exams Exam Tips for students
  Exam Revision Action Plan
  CLICK HERE to check out the VCE Environmental Science Unit 3 Student revision lecture on energy, conducted in May 2005.
  CLICK HERE to check out the VCE Environmental Science Unit 3 Student revision lecture on biodiversity, conducted in May 2005.
SAC's SAC - 1A Marking Sheet (Energy Practicals)
  SAC - 1b Marking Sheet (Energy & Fossil Fuels)
  SAC - Outcome 1 Energy
  SAC - Outcome 2 Biodiversity

Unit 4  
Case Studies Management of stormwater
  The New Bendigo Gold Project
Factsheets* Mercury as a pollutant
  Sulphur Dioxide as a pollutant
Exams Exam tips for students
  Exam Revision Action Plan
  CLICK HERE to check out the VCE Environmental Science Unit 4 Student revision lecture conducted on 15 November 2005.
Other resources Mercury and compounds factsheet - Australian Government National Pollutant Inventory website
  Sulpur Dioxide and compounds factsheet - Australian Government National Pollutant Inventory website
* Colour paper copies of the following two factsheets are available from the VAEE office.

Other interesting resources for VCE
Glossary of Terms for the VCE Environmental Science Course

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