locust+watch

= LOCUST WATCH ACTIVITY = The worst locust swarms for 75 years have begun to hit our area. Your task is to make an information broshure or flier to take home tonight. Email home / print / place on our school wiki.




 * In your group of three, each person has a special role.**
 * One person is the field biologist... responsible for collecting specimens and photography.
 * One person is the research scientist.... using the links on this page to find out cool stuff
 * One is the computer genius... (responsible for making a snazzy flier or brochure using PAGES templates)


 * You will need...**
 * 1) a ruler... find one or make one from a strip of paper.
 * 2) your laptop to take pictures with.
 * 3) a pages document saved as 'Locust Watch Echuca'


 * What you need to do... **
 * 1) Write 4 lines about your experience with locusts over the weekend. Have you got a great locust story?
 * 2) Find 6 facts about locusts, for example... [[file:Locust Fact Sheet DPI 2010.pdf]]
 * where they come from
 * how long they live for
 * what each stage in their life cycle looks like
 * where you are most likely to find locusts
 * why they migrate
 * how they can be controlled
 * how to drive safely in a locust swarm
 * 1) Include a picture of a locust you have caught, with a ruler to show scale.
 * can you find and take pictures of locusts from different stages of their life cycle.
 * 1) Include a picture of the locust life cycle.



//Include a reference to [|DPI locust watch]// //Wikipedia: [|Australian Plague Locust]// //Any other sources of information you used.//