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Cassowary sanctuary

Cassowary sanctuary

TLF ID L86

Help a park ranger to arrange fencing in a wildlife sanctuary. Divide common geometric shapes into equal-sized sections for keeping cassowaries. Group the enclosures to form a quarantine zone for sick and injured birds. Then express divisions of the enclosures as fractions. Work through facts about the life of cassowaries: physical characteristics; diet; habitat; life cycles; and locations. Interact with graphs to see how people can help to save cassowaries. Answer questions as you go; express your answers as fractions. This learning object is a combination of two objects in the same series.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Models equivalent fractions by dividing common geometric shapes into equal-sized sections.
  • Provides opportunities to partition a range of simple shapes, including regular polygons.
  • Provides opportunities to add and divide fractions.
  • Describes cassowary ecology, and wildlife conservation strategies.
  • Tests interpretation of graphical and statistical data through a series of quiz questions.
  • Encourages repeated use through random generation of scenarios involving equivalent fractions.
  • Includes an option to print a line drawing of cassowaries at different stages of their life cycle.
  • Features authentic photographic images and bird calls of cassowaries.
Year level

2; 3

Topics Right angles Shapes (Geometry) Denominators Simple fractions Eighths Quarters Halves Unit fractions
Learning area
  • Mathematics
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: University of Western Sydney
  • Organization: University of Western Sydney
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.uws.edu.au/
  • Name: CADRE Design
  • Organization: CADRE Design
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.cadre.com.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Device independence
  • Hearing independence
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.