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Water quality and the Murray-Darling Basin

Teacher guide Water quality and the Murray-Darling Basin

TLF ID M019056

This lesson sequence examines the issue of water quality in the Murray-Darling Basin: why it is important, what are the indicators of water quality and ways to monitor water quality. It includes a teacher PowerPoint presentation, separate teacher notes and a student worksheet. This lesson sequence is one in a series exploring aspects of the Murray-Darling Basin. It is suitable to be used as a stand-alone resource or combined with other lesson sequences in the series.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource is valuable due to its relevance to the Geographical Knowledge and Understanding strand of the year 7 geography curriculum. It examines the quantity and variability of water supply in the Murray-Darling Basin, ways to overcome water scarcity and the causes and responses to hydrological hazards.
  • This resource is also valuable due to its relevance to the Biological sciences sub-strand of the years 6 and 9 and the Earth and space sciences sub-strand of the year 7 science curriculum by examining the water cycle and how the physical environment affects living things.
Year level

6; 7; 8; 9

Topics Growth (Animals) Decision making Pollution Habitats Attitudes Water cycle Ecosystems Data analysis Water resources Water quality Human settlements Symbiosis Health Food webs Environmental impact Plant growth Sense of place Wellbeing
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.mdba.gov.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.mdba.gov.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © Murray–Darling Basin Authority 2015. This material is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 3.0 Australia license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en