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Roots & Shoots - Exploring Habitats
- Primary
- Foundation
- Year 1 - 2
- English
- Science
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Geography
- Environmental
- Biodiversity
- Conservation
- Social
- Outdoor Learning
Since 2010, Bush Blitz (Australia’s largest nature discovery program) has discovered more than 1700 new species and has added thousands of species records to what is already known, increasing our scientific knowledge to help us protect our biodiversity for generations to come.
There are many plants and animals still to be discovered by science. There are an estimated 580,000-680,000 species in Australia, but three-quarters of this biodiversity is yet to be identified. Forty-five per cent of continental Australia and over 90 per cent of our marine area have never been comprehensively surveyed by scientists.
Bush Blitz is Australia’s largest nature discovery program run by EarthWatch who kindly provided the images in these lessons. Thank you to the Ian Potter Foundation, John T Reid Charitable Trusts and The Myer Foundation for generously supporting the development of these lessons.
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