The Zoom Lens Project
The 'Zoom Lens Project' is a cross-curricula learning program developed for upper primary students for the S.A. Urban Forest Biodiversity Program. Each student is given the profile of an animal from the Adelaide region and through their research they become the class 'expert' on that particular species. Animal and habitat models are constructed by each student and placed within a large model of the bioregion created by the whole class. The lens zooms in to the individual and then out to the wider environment, with connections made to the global ecosystem processes that influence the site.

The resource includes species cards, audio tracks and teachers notes. A copy of the whole project is available on DVD from Urban Forest Biodiversity Program ph(08) 8278 0600.

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