Stage Three: Wetlands Web of Life
Centennial Parklands and the Lachlan Wetland are home to a very important animal species: the greyheaded flying fox. In this excursion students will delve into Lachlan Wetland’s food web by looking at the
interactions that occur between flying foxes and the other plant and animal species that call the wetland
home. Explore the wetland to find the flying foxes and their neighbours, use problem solving to help the
flying fox strengthen its important role in the wetland’s food web, and investigate whether or not proximity to
food or protection from predators is more important to the survival of an individual flying fox.
The excursion activities will include:
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Visiting Lachlan Wetland and making its food web from natural material.
Helping to improve the survivability of the flying-fox through abiotic testing and problem solving.
Making predictions and investigating whether or not flying foxes roost in trees for food or for
protection from predators.
Curriculum outcomes and syllabus indicators:
 SC4-14LW Relates the structure and function of living things to their classification, survival and
reproduction.
 SC4-15LW Explains how new biological evidence changes people's understanding of the world.
 SC4-6WS Follows a sequence of instructions to safely undertake a range of investigation types,
collaboratively and individually.
 SC4-8WS Selects and uses appropriate strategies, understanding and skills to produce creative and
plausible solutions to identified problems.
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