The Queensland Fisheries Service, within the Department of Primary Industries, has developed a strategy aimed at controlling the spread of exotic pest fish.

Education is a key component of this strategy as many pest fish infestations are the result of deliberate or accidental introductions by humans.

It is hoped that this module will educate young Queenslanders about the dangers of introducing non-native fish to our waterways and prevent the spread of existing pest fish and the introduction of new pest species.

Concepts and learning outcomes

This education module was developed to meet learning outcomes of the new Science and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) curriculum developed by the Queensland School’s Curriculum Council.

The activities focus on providing outcomes in levels 3–5.

Level

The module focuses on the ‘Key Concepts’ and ‘Core Learning Outcomes’ from the Years 1 to 10 syllabuses for Science and Study of Society and Environment as outlined in the coverage of outcomes. (See Coverage of outcomes: Science and Coverage of outcomes: Study of society & environment)

Students will have opportunities to:

investigate the survival features that enable exotic pest species to be very successful
understand and analyse the relationship between pristine and degraded streams and the effects of pest fish infestation
communicate what they understand about the threats created by exotic pest fish and measures to control and potentially overcome them.

Module structure

‘Bloom’s Taxonomy’ and ‘Gardner’s Multi-Intelligences’ were used in the planning and development of activities in the module.

The activities have been grouped into Introductory, Developmental and Culminating units.

They have been numbered sequentially by unit, as are the accompanying teacher and student resource sheets.

For example, activity d.5 is the fifth activity in the Developmental unit (d) and is accompanied by student resource sheet d.5.

Several activities in the Developmental and Culminating units provide opportunities for assessment of Science and SOSE outcomes.

The Integrated activity guide provides useful planning and summary information.

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