2023 Theme
The Web of Life in the Wet & Wild
Just about every plant and animal is food for something else.
Wetlands are biodiverse ecosystems with all of the organisms interlinked to form different foodwebs. Each week, we are going to have 4 organisms which form a food chain, so there might be a plant, a herbivore, a carnivore and a large carnivore.
Our clues will take you on a journey to wetlands in Australia. Your students will find out about the plants and animals that live in there.
This year if you can put the organisms in order of the food chain and give the scientific name your team can be named Scientific Super Stars!!
Clues 2023
Week 1 clues Hint: The organism is more general this week to ease us in to the challenge. Don't forget to put them in order of the food chain.
Week 2 clues Looking for specific species this week in correct order of the food chain. Scientific Super Stars need the correct order and scientific name. Good Luck!
Week 3 clues Great work everyone putting the organisms in food chain order.
A little help. Please put your clue numbers in chronological order to speed up marking.
Week 4 clues Good luck with the final challenge
Answers
Use the proforma to return your answers.
Email back to awabakal-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au by 1pm on Friday each week.
Please help:
We ask for your help to speed up marking. We are teachers too and mark over the weekend.
1. Have your clues in by the deadline, 1pm each Friday.
2. Please put the clues in numerical order on the answer sheet.
The easier you make it on the markers the quicker the scores and answers will be posted. Thank you
Marking
Total each week of 40 marks.
4 marks for a correct animal or plant common name.
If that is correct, then 1 mark for each correct clue.
The species has to be correct for the clues to be marked. Each clue can only be used once.
A team may get a species correct but not all the clues (4 marks for the species and then up to 6 marks for the correct clues).
Scientific Super Stars
This years focus is on the order of the food chain.
Identify all the organisms correctly and get the order right and your team can be on the Scientific Super Stars list.
To add to the challenge you can submit the scientific name as proof that you have done your research, just like a scientist.
To get their name on the Scientific Super Star list on the website but no extra marks, the team needs to:-
* submit the correct names and clues,
* correct order of the food chain and
*Optional - some or all of the correct scientific names.
HOWEVER there is a risk; if a team have a correct common name but use the incorrect scientific name eg. for an overseas species or one that lives in a different location, the team get no points as it is the incorrect species.
Teams that get the common names and clues all correct are listed on the website also.
We have set it that way so teachers can choose which degree of difficulty their students may wish to compete at.
The correct answers for each session will be published here on completion of marking.
Week 1 Answers
Week 2 Answers
Week 3 Answers
Week 4 Answers
Team progressive scores
If your team does not have a score beside your name we have not received your entry (or oops we have made a mistake). Please send us an email to check.
Week 4 Score table
40 point Scientific Super Stars this week.
Carrington PS Year 3-4 Banksia Brunch
Ettalong PS 6H
Matthew Pearce PS 6S/5L Team 1
O'Connell PS Team C
Parkes East PS 6F
Richmond North PS 6W
Samuel Gilbert PS 5 SL
3/4 G
Temora PS 5/6 Pink
40 points - All correct.
Bribbaree PS Rock Wallabies
Bundanoon PS Bull Sharks
Carrington PS Mischievous Melaleuca
Crookwell PS Year 5 Dingo
Dungowan PS Dungowan Detectives
Garah PS Garah Greats
Georges Hall PS Dolphins
Hornsby North PS 6 Blue
Jilliby PS Sugar Gliders
Matthew Pearce PS 6S/5L Team 2
Mayfield West Demonstration School Mosquitoes
Narraweena PS Ancient Ibis
Toongabbie PS 6D
Wahroonga PS 5/6 C
2023 Overall Winners
Bundanoon PS Bull Sharks
Ettalong PS 6H
Matthew Pearce PS 6S/5L Team 1
Richmond North PS 6W
Samuel Gilbert PS 5 SL