Table of Contents Theme 3 - Human impacts Introduction Section 1 - Changed land use 1. Vegetation clearance in the Onkaparinga Catchment ...................................... 1.1 Student activity - How do we make development sustainable? ................... 1.1.1 Teacher cheat sheet - How do we make development sustainable? ....... 1.1.2 Student activity - Rural subdivision: Frances Parrot’s Farm .................... 1.1.3 Student activity - Call to keep vacant land ..................................................... 1.1.4 2. Farming and urbanisation ......................................................................................... 1.2 Teacher cheat sheet - Changes in the landscape over time .................... 1.2.1 Student activity - Can your actions harm the environment? .................... 1.2.2 Teacher cheat sheet - Can your actions harm the environment? ....... 1.2.3 Student activity - Cows blamed for river pollution ...................................... 1.2.4 3. A system of parks, reserves and open space ..................................................... 1.3 Student activity - How can we look after our parks and reserves? ....... 1.3.1 Teacher cheat sheet - How can we look after our parks and reserves? ..... 1.3.2 Student activity - Design a system of reserves ...................................... 1.3.3 Student activity - Park dump ground ..................................................... 1.3.4 Section 2 - Salinity 4. Salinity .......................................................................................................................... 2.4 Student activity - Centuries of salt ..................................................... 2.4.1 Student activity - Dazzling desalination ..................................................... 2.4.2 Student activity - The salinity sequence ..................................................... 2.4.3 Student activity - Taste testing ......................................................................... 2.4.4 Student activity - Let’s act it out ......................................................................... 2.4.5 Section 3 - Water for people 5. Water needs in Onkaparinga Catchment ..................................................... 3.5 Student activity - Not enough water ..................................................... 3.5.1 Student activity - Water use in the home ..................................................... 3.5.2 Student activity - Water use survey ..................................................... 3.5.3 Student activity - Where our water comes from ...................................... 3.5.4 Student activity - The water cycle ......................................................................... 3.5.5 Student activity - Leak check ......................................................................... 3.5.6 Student activity - Monitoring leaky taps at school ...................................... 3.5.7 Student activity - Water consumption exercise ...................................... 3.5.8 Student activity - How much water do we use at home? .................... 3.5.9 Student activity - How much water do I use in a week? .................... 3.5.10 Student activity - Family water use for one weekend ...................................... 3.5.11 6. Altered waterways ......................................................................................... 3.6 Student activity - Altering the flow ..................................................... 3.6.1 Student activity - Think altering the flow of the Onkaparinga ................... 3.6.2 Student activity - Case study: Farms dams ..................................................... 3.6.3 Teacher cheat sheet - Case study: Farm dams ..................................... 3.6.4 A joint production of the OnkaparingaWaterwatch Network and Catchment Care Program. These important programs are funded by the Onkaparinga CatchmentWater Management Board. Copyright 2005. Section4-Polluted water 7. Stormwater ........................................................................................................ 4.7 Student activity - Stormwater word .................................................... 4.7.1 Student activity - City of the future .................................................... 4.7.2 Student activity - Inventors wanted .................................................... 4.7.3 Student activity - Stormwater .................................................... 4.7.4 Student activity - Pollution .................................................... 4.7.5 Lesson plan - Stormwater pollution impacts on the environment ...... 4.7.6 Student activity - Stormwater runoff pictures ..................................... 4.7.7 8. Wastewater ........................................................................................................ 4.8 Student activity - Household water inputs and outputs ................... 4.8.1 Student activity - Waste disposal guide for households ................... 4.8.2 Student activity - Where does all the waste go? ..................................... 4.8.3 Student activity - Which type of water .................................................... 4.8.4 Lesson plan - Cleaning up wastewater .................................................... 4.8.5 Student activity - Think wastewater .................................................... 4.8.6 Student activity - Sewage leak in Waterfall Creek Catchment ................... 4.8.7 9. Algal blooms ........................................................................................................ 4.9 Student activity - Stop the slime ........................................................................ 4.9.1 Student activity - Aquatic plant the silent destroyer ..................................... 4.9.2 Lesson plan - Harmful algal bloom in Paradise Port - Scenario ................... 4.9.3 10. Ocean pollution ....................................................................................................... 4.10 Student activity - Pollution problems .................................................... 4.10.1 Student activity - Pollution solution .................................................... 4.10.2 Student activity - A day at the beach .................................................... 4.10.3 Experiment - Effect of oil on feathers .................................................... 4.10.4 Section 5 - Exotic pests 11. Woeful weeds ........................................................................................................ 5.11 Fact sheet - Deciduous trees in the Onkaparinga Catchment ................... 5.11.1 Student activities - Clean-up lethal autumn leaves ..................................... 5.11.2 12. Feral animals in the Onkaparinga Catchment .................................................... 5.12 Student activities - Invasion by aliens .................................................... 5.12.1 Fact sheet - European red fox ........................................................................ 5.12.2 Fact sheet - European wild rabbit ........................................................................ 5.12.3 Fact sheet - The feral cat ........................................................................................ 5.12.4 Fact sheet - The feral goat ........................................................................ 5.12.5 Student activities - Pest toll hits $6 billion .................................................... 5.12.6 Section 6 - Threatened species 13. Threatened species in the Onkaparinga Catchment ..................................... 6.13 Fact sheet - Black-chinned honeyeater .................................................... 6.13.1 Fact sheet - Clover glycine ........................................................................ 6.13.2 Fact sheet - Crested shrike-tit ........................................................................ 6.13.3 Student activities - Battle to save tiny creature ..................................... 6.13.4 Fact sheet - Southern brown bandicoot .................................................... 6.13.5 Student activities - Bandicoot Activity sheet 1 ..................................... 6.13.6 Student activities - Bandicoot Activity sheet 3 ..................................... 6.13.7 Student activities - Bandicoot Activity sheet 5 ..................................... 6.13.8 Fact sheet - Antechinus and Bandicoots in the Mount Lofty Ranges ...... 6.13.9 Fact sheet - Possums in the Mount Lofty Ranges ..................................... 6.13.10 Fact sheet - Rodents in the Mount Lofty Ranges ..................................... 6.13.11 Appendix A - SACSA table Appendix B - Glossary A joint production of the OnkaparingaWaterwatch Network and Catchment Care Program. These important programs are funded by the Onkaparinga CatchmentWater Management Board. Copyright 2005. Management Board's area and is the result of integrating Introduction: Human impacts the resources of two board-funded programs: Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network (OWN) and Catchment Care. As we humans go about our everyday lives we are Based at Woorabinda Environment Centre in Stirling, OWN impacting on the environment around us. Many of us was established in 1993 as part of a national initiative to choose to impact positively on the environment through raise community awareness of the importance of involvement in activities such as recycling, tree planting and maintaining healthy waterways. To achieve this, OWN