Integrative Ecology Education
FOSSIL HISTORY
Fossils are evidence of early life forms. Studying fossils enables scientists to learn how much or how little organisms have changed over time. Identifying the causes of extinction of organisms may inform us about our own impact on the environment.
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Dr Sanja Van Huet's interests in studying extinct megafauna provides the basis for studying about evolution by natural selection.
Victorian Curriculum Links
Levels 9/10
Science Understanding:
Science as a Human Endeavour
Advances in scientific understanding often rely on developments in technology and technological advances are often linked to scientific discoveries (VCSSU115)
Biological Sciences
The transmission of heritable characteristics from one generation to the next involves DNA and genes (VCSSU119)
​The theory of evolution by natural selection explains the diversity of living things and is supported by a range of scientific evidence (VCSSU120)
Science Inquiry Skills:​
Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose, including constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations (VCSIS140)
Dr Sanja Van Huet's Symposium Presentation
Megafauna = Big Animals
Dr. Sanja Van Huet presents her research where she is trying to solve the question: What caused Australian Quaternary megafauna to become extinct? Her research focuses on large birds, reptiles and mammals that existed ~2.48mya - 12kya.