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Understanding Ecology: Teaching Population Surveying Techniques to Students

Engage students in ecological exploration by teaching them how to use transects and quadrats for population surveys. Understand the tools' importance and application in different environments like intertidal zones and rivers.

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Understanding Ecology: Teaching Population Surveying Techniques to Students

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  1. Ecology- Population Surveying Teaching transects and quadrats

  2. Understanding • Students need to understand what a transect is and how it is used. • They also need to understand what a quadrat is and where to use it. Students using a hoop as a quadrat to collect data on the number of plant species in a heath land area at Wilsons Prom

  3. What is needed • Where is it appropriate to use these tools? • In an Intertidal zone • A river environment • What do you need? • A quadrat (1m x 1m) or a hoop can be used • A tape measure (30m or more) to measure the transect

  4. Some questions for the students • Why are transects important? • What are some observations that you will be able to make using a quadrat? • What is special about the intertidal zone? • What types of plants and animals are you likely to find in the intertidal zone? Transect line Quadrat

  5. What students need to know • What do students need to know: • What a transect is • What a quadrat is • How to use both together • Where to use them • Resources: • http://www.rockyshores.auz.info/home.htm • http://www.mesa.edu.au • http://www.reefwatchvic.asn.au/Home.htm

  6. Where is the best location • The best place to use these tools is in an environment that is different from where the students are used to. • Camp locations: • Queenscliff • Wilsons Promontory

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