Southern Seabird Solutions Trust factsheets & lesson plans
Published:
2007
The Southern Seabird Solutions Trust factsheets offer students an opportunity to explore the lives of seabirds.
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Seabirds - lesson plans (PDF, 137K)
Lesson plan ideas for the factsheet series.
Seabirds - introduction and learning outcomes (PDF, 149K)
Factsheet 1: Seabird ecology: where and how do seabirds nest? (PDF, 370K)
Factsheet 2: Seabird ecology: We're all in this together - seabird colonies (PDF, 270K)
Factsheet 3: Seabird ecology: what makes a seabird a seabird? (PDF, 160K)
Factsheet 4: Seabird ecology: fishing for food (PDF, 400K)
Factsheet 5: Seabirds and people: seabirds count - seabird populations in New Zealand (PDF, 570K)
Factsheet 6: Seabird ecology: the big OE - New Zealand seabird migrations (PDF, 150K)
Factsheet 7: Seabird ecology: raising their young (PDF, 236K)
Factsheet 8: Seabird ecology: seabirds and their environment (PDF, 135K)
Factheet 9: Seabirds and people: the impacts of fishing on seabirds (PDF, 210K)
Fact sheet 10: Seabirds and people: the cultural importance of seabirds (PDF, 310K)
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Summary of factsheets and lesson plans
The Southern Seabird Solutions Trust factsheets offer students an opportunity to explore the lives of seabirds.
The lesson plans were created to assist teachers in helping students investigate and learn about seabirds, the important role seabirds play in their environment, and what impacts humans have on their ecology.
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Publication information
This series of factsheets and lesson plans were created for Southern Seabird Solutions Trust. The Department of Conservation's Marine Conservation Unit funded this environmental education project.
Factsheets by Shelly Farr Biswell
Lesson plans by Ken Hodson
Design by Lisa Paton of Morphological Design
Masthead photo courtesy of Southern Seabird Solutions Fishers Photograph Competition
Southern Seabird Solutions project steering committee: Alan Riwaka, Sarah Crysell, Jo Garty, Wendy Barry, Stephanie Rowe and Danica Devery-Smith.
Various people have reviewed sections or complete drafts of these factsheets and have provided helpful comments. These people include Stephen Bragg (DOC), Peter de Lange (DOC), Dave Kellian (Southern Seabird Solutions), Anuru Luke (DOC), Colin Miskelly (DOC), Janice Molloy (Southern Seabird Solutions), Lyndon Perriman (DOC), Paul Sagar (NIWA), Graeme Taylor (DOC) and Richard Wells (Clement and Associates Limited).
Others, including Peter McClelland (DOC) and Steve Cranwell (DOC), have shared useful information about specific species for these fact sheets.