Sciences

Practitioners could encouage discussion using the PowerPoint Madagascan presentations.

Learners are challenged to work in groups and, using the slides as a stimulus, consider some native flora and fauna of Madagascar.

Challenge

1. Learners work together to discuss which of the species are more important and should be taken to a new island or planet.
2. They will be given the first slide of each PowerPoint and asked to make a decision based on the pictures only.
3. The second slide could then be provided to challenge learners’ initial thinking. Similarly, the third and then the fourth slides could be issued to encourage the learners to reconsider their initial decisions.

4. When all slides have been read and discussed, learners are encouraged to decide which species should go with them and which should be left behind on Madagascar.

Areas for consideration may include:

• Living conditions required to sustain the plant or animal
• The conservation ratings
• Usefulness
• Implications of leaving without this species
• Likelihood of this animal adapting to a new place

Each group could present their views to the rest of the class.