2. Crocodiles Ahhhh!
Saltwater Crocodiles
Fun Facts About Saltwater Crocodiles
Saltwater crocodiles can grow over 8 metres in length & and weigh
over 1 tonne.
Saltwater crocodiles can live up to 70 years old, some even reaching
ages of around 100 years old.
Crocodiles are often seen with mouths wide open whilst basking in
the sun. By opening their mouths, they are releasing heat preventing
their brains from overheating. Essentially, crocodiles sweat through the
mouth,
Saltwater crocodiles have the strongest bite of any animal in the
world.
Saltwater crocodiles can survive for up to a year without eating, can
voluntarily slow down their heart rate to as low as 1 beat per minute and
can stay underwater for up to 6 hours.
Saltwater crocodiles are extremely intelligent and will attack prey
based on their observed habits.
All crocodiles have replaceable teeth and can grow up to 3000 new
teeth over their lifetime.
Saltwater crocodiles can travel over 1000 kilometers by sea.
As their name suggests, saltwater crocodiles live in salt water, but
they can also thrive - and they do - in freshwater.
3. Crocodiles Ahhhh!
Freshwater Crocodiles (Not so dangerous)
Freshwater Crocodile Facts
Freshwater crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni, are only found in northern Australia.
"Freshies" are not man-eaters and rarely cause human fatalities, however they will
attack if threatened.
Freshwater crocodiles can reach up to 4 metres in length and weigh up to 100
kilograms.
Freshwater crocodiles are shy.
Cane toads are poisonous to freshwater crocodiles, although not to estuarine
crocodiles.
Freshwater crocodiles can live where saltwater crocodiles cannot.
Freshwater crocodiles can live in salt water.
Freshwater crocodiles can live for up to 50 years.
When freshwater crocodiles hatch, the mother will carry the young from the nest to the
water in her mouth.
A smiling crocodile
Let’s hope you meet aafresh water crocodile rather than aasalt water crocodile!
Let’s hope you meet fresh water crocodile rather than salt water crocodile!
How can you tell that the crocodile you’re looking at, isisnot going totoeat you?
How can you tell that the crocodile you’re looking at, not going eat you?
4. Sharks Brrrr!
According to the Australian Shark
Attack File, there have been 877
shark attacks in Australia since
records began in 1791, and 216
of these have been fatal.
All up, about 30 per cent of shark
attacks are fatal
Fact Finding Mission
Fact Finding Mission
How many people have been killed by
How many people have been killed by
sharks?
sharks?
Which country has the highest incidence?
Which country has the highest incidence?
5. Tips on Avoiding Shark Attacks
1 Swim at beaches that are patrolled by surf life saver.s.
2 Do not wear shiny swimwear or accessories and try to wear bland, darker colours also avoid wearing yellow and
anything flesh-coloured, including white –sharks don’t see in colours, but in shades of black and white, using contrast to
distinguish objects.
3 Do not enter the water where dangerous sharks commonly gather.
4 Avoid swimming, surfing or kayaking alone. Larger groups of people may deter a shark attack. Also, if someone is
attacked they need to have someone help them get to shore.
5 Do not swim in cloudy water. Sharks do not always have a good sense of sight and they may attack because they
think you are prey.
6 Be aware of entering the water after a storm or heavy rainfall.
7 Leave the water quickly and calmly if fish begin to gather in large schools, jump out of the water or behave erratically.
These could be reactions from a predatory shark feeding nearby.
8 Avoid splashing and move smoothly in the water.
9 Check deep water carefully before jumping in from a boat. "People have jumped on top of sharks," says John.
10 Avoid swimming or surfing at dawn, dusk or night. These are typically the feeding times for a lot of sharks.
11 If you spot a shark, do not act aggressively. While some sharks can be intimidated by aggressive behaviour, others
may react in fear and attack.
12 If a shark starts to approach you, prepare to defend yourself. "If an attack is imminent try to keep the shark in sight"
says John the curator of the Australian Shark Attack File. And if it gets too close then any action you take may disrupt
the attack pattern, such as hitting the shark on the nose, gouging at its eyes, making sudden body movements (or])
blowing bubbles.The one thing that I've consistently heard is most effective is gouging it in the eye."
6. Snakes Ooh!
Watch your step!
The 11 most poisonous snakes in the world you find in … you guessed it,
Write a short report or do a video on your favourite snake
or you can choose a lizard if you prefer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyTlmZgXNn8
Australia
7. Not a Country for People with Arachnophobia
Red Back Spiders
Sydney Funnel Web Spider
More than 250 cases receive
antivenom each year.
Only males have been responsible for all recorded deaths.
The poison attacks the nervous system, can cause
muscular spasms, stomache aches, high blood pressure,
irregular heart beat and unconsciousness.
The poison attacks the nerveendings, causes severe local pain,
partial paralysis, nausea and
headaches.
It is estimated that 13 people
have died from a Red Back bite.
Red Back
The last recorded death from a
Red Back was in 1956
Blue Mountains Funnel Web
Funnel Webs can’t swim but they can trap a small bubble
of air in hairs around the abdomen, so it should not be
assumed that a spider on a pool bottom has drowned.
The dangerous males
Male Sydney funnel-web spiders are Australia's most
dangerous spider. These aggressive spiders grab onto
their victims and bite several times, injecting a very
poisonous venom. Some people have died from the bite
of these spiders, but since 1980 when a Sydney funnelweb spider antivenom was invented, no-one has died
from the bite of a Sydney funnel-web spider.
It’s the little spiders that are dangerous!
Are you scared of spiders? In Australia there is plenty of reasons to be.
Do a collage of one of these lovely spiders.
Write a formal report about your chosen spider.
8. There are plenty more
dangerous animals in Australia!
Potugeuse Men of War
Stone Fish
Platypus
10. Your Report
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You are to write a formal report of at least 2 pages on a
dangerous animal of choice as well as do a Power Point
presentation. (Remember the language in Reports is not the
same as the language used in Power Points)
You can work individually or in pairs or small groups.
In your written report you should use at least 3 headings
Ensure you use formal language and write in third
person.
You need to find at least 3 different sources.
For ’A’ you also need to
1. Hand in a plan of your writing
2. Underline the topic sentence of paragraphs 2 to 5 and
circle 6 verbs indicating ‘being’ and ‘having’ expressions.
Due:
11. Language features of an
information report
•Genre
Purpose: to provide factual information
Structure: classification and subheadings
to organise text
•Field Noun groups with describers, technical
vocabulary, nominalization (nouns that descibe
ongoing processes such as learning, relating
processes (What)
•Tenor
Objective, factual language (Who)
•Mode
Present tense, lexical cohesion (How)
12. INFORMATION REPORT
(Factual genre)
A report presents information about a subject
Structure
Opening statement
Lead in sentence to state the topic and capture interest
may include a short description of the subject
may include definition
may include classification or categorisation of types
Paragraphs
- each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject.
begins with a topic or a preview sentence
focus is on facts not opinion
Conclusion
Summarises the information presented
Does not include any new information
13. Report Text
Purpose
To give a truthful
account of something,
somebody, some place
or some activity after
investigating and
collecting the facts
Types
Research reports
Summaries
Statements
Case studies
Annual reports
Media reports
Factual descriptions
Précis
Forms
Features
Speeches
Charts
Booklets, brochures,
leaflets
Web pages
Research assignments
Essays
Biographies
Newspapers/magazine
articles
Present tense
Third person
Headings and
subheadings
Use of technical
and scientific
language
Selective use of
adjectives and
adverbs for
description
Action verbs to
describe behaviour
Use of cause-andeffect in presenting
information
Generalisations
Visuals to assist
presentations and
for clarification
Structure:
introduction
explaining the
subject; description
in a series of
paragraphs;
summary
statement.
14. Which one is a report text?
Shark Attack Victim
The great white shark
The mother of a young shark attack victim
killed at Bunker Bay's Boneyards surf
break on Sunday has made an emotional
statement just metres from where he died,
thanking friends, police and emergency
workers for helping her son.
Sharon Burden wept as she read a
prepared statement about her only child,
21-year-old Kyle, who was fatally injured
while bodyboarding two days ago.
"Our family would like to say how grateful
we are that Kyle's friends, and in particular
[his good friend] Sollee, for bringing him
back to shore without any regard for your
own safety," she said
Classification
Sharks are fish. There are many types of sharks.
One of the largest sharks is the great white
shark which is a streamlined swimmer and a
ferocious predator.
Appearance
Sharks don‟t have bones. Their skeletons are
made of cartilage which is a tough flexible
material. The great white shark is gray on top
and white underneath. These sharks have a
torpedo-shaped body, a pointed snout and a
crescent-shaped tail. They have black eyes.
Great whites can grow up to 6 m long and weigh
3000kg.The Great White Shark has 3000
triangular, serrated sharp teeth which are 7 ½
cm long.
15. Construct full sentences using these facts and
arrange paragraphs according to key headings
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Classification:
The tiger is a cat. The tiger is an endangered species.
Description:
Tigers are orange .Tigers have black stripes. They can be big 3.1 m
long and weigh up to 300kg.They can eat up to 40 kg of meat in one
go and can jump to a height of 3m. Tigers live in forests in India,
Siberia and other Asian countries. A tiger can have a territory as large
as 100sq km(39 sq miles) to himself/herself.
Special facts:
Tigers are becoming endangered because their skin is being used for
clothes . The U.N. has an organization called the U.N.D.P. They try to
stop poachers from killing animals. There are only about 5,000 tigers
left in the wild when a hundred years ago there was 100,000.
16. Checklist – Report
Structure
The opening statement classifies the subject of the report.
The opening statement is followed by sentences (usually factual)
that describe such things as appearance, behaviour and other
aspects of the phenomenon being described.
The writing has paragraphs, each one focusing on a different
aspect of the phenomenon. Topic sentences are used.
A general statement about the topic usually rounds off the report.
Diagrams, illustrations or photographs are often used.
Language
Present tense verbs are used.
Verbs for describing and classifying (is, are, has, have, belongs
to) are used.
Action verbs are used to describe behaviours (climb, eat).
Personal reports focus on the individual (my dog).
Scientific or technical reports focus on classes of things (dogs).
Descriptive language that is factual rather than imaginative
(opposums have prehensile tails) is used.
Nouns and noun phrases are used rather than personal pronouns.
