VCE Environmental Science is an exciting new addition to our VCE Science program at MLMC. Our Unit 3 and 4 students have been working hard to gain knowledge this term, focusing on the importance of earth’s biodiversity and analysing the threats to biodiversity caused by human impact and natural disasters.
The class recently ventured out to Badger Weir picnic area where they undertook fieldwork to examine the habitat and the ecosystem services within the local environment. This also complemented their ongoing research of the Eastern barred bandicoot as students had to determine whether this area was a suitable habitat for the release of this threatened species.
The fieldwork consisted of the students using sampling techniques such as quadrant sampling and direct observation to help establish the species’ abundance and richness found within the picnic area and surrounding walking tracks at Badger Weir.
These students are the pioneers for MLMC Environmental Science. Through studying this subject, not only are they extending their own knowledge and skills but they can also use their learning to serve future generations.
