Awareness raising
Endangered species
Create a collection of images of endangered
animals from Australia and Indonesia by searching on the Internet (eg Google Image search) or
photocopying from books. Include a wide range of endangered species. Either make sets of animal cards for
groups of up to 4 students to work with or do this introductory task as
a whole group, with volunteers coming up to sort the pictures.
Ask students to suggest some different ways that these
animals could be sorted into groups. For example, on the basis of
colour, skin covering, number of legs, type of animals (mammal, bird,
reptile). As students suggest something, provide the Indonesian eg Apa
warnanya? (What colour?) Apa jenisnya? (What type?) Berapa kakinya?
(How
many legs?) Burung atau bukan burung? (Birds or not birds?). Discuss
language used in questioning in Indonesian and compare with English. Explain when to
use 'bukan' (as a negative for nouns) and 'tidak' (as a negative for
adjectives, adverbs and verbs). Compare this with English, where we use
a single word 'not'. Tell students that
these animals all come from Indonesia or Australia and ask students to
sort them into those appropriate groups. Briefly compare and discuss.
Ask students if
they know what 'endangered species' means, and ask them to identify
which of these animals might be endangered. Compare their ideas and then
explain that all these animals are endangered!
Students in grade 5 to 8 are likely to have been
introduced to the topic of endangered species at some stage. Explain to
students that they are going to use a learning object to explore the
issues around an endangered species in Indonesia, but that first you
want to find out how much they already know about endangered species in
general.
Have students work in small groups to work in English to mind map or
concept map what they know about endangered species. For explanation of mind mapping and concept mapping see
www.ltag.education.tas.gov.au/glossary.htm
Use a jigsaw technique to share the ideas in students
maps. Discuss briefly with students, asking questions such as:
What is endangerment?
Why does this occur?
Where is it happening?
Why should we care?
Collate students' ideas, but don't correct or add to them
at this stage.
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