Marine food webs and overfishing

Produced By:

MSC

States:

Qld, NSW, SA, NT, ACT, Tas, WA

Aimed at:

Grade 7

- 8

Curriculum 8.4

ACSSU111, ACSSU112, ACSHE119, ACSHE121, ACSHE136, ACSHE223, ACSHE120, ACSHE135

Curriculum 9.0:

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Keywords:

Marine Food web, Species, Ecosystem, Producer, Consumer, Predator, Prey, Overfishing, Trophic, ocean, food web, sustainability, environment, marine environment

Marine food webs and overfishing

In this lesson for learners aged 12+ students understand how food webs work in the marine environment. Students then explore the consequences that overfishing can have on all ocean life, and how sustainable fishing works to protect the entire marine ecosystem.