The Environment Collection: An Anthology of Environment Literature

The Environment Collection is a fascinating and varied collection of material — each item having a connection to some aspect of the environment.

The range of material in The Environment Collection provides numerous opportunities to develop interesting and valuable lessons and units in a number of learning areas and at the same time give students an interest and awareness of a significant influence on their life. 

The Environment Collection is accompanied by a Teacher Resource Book with ideas, activities and approaches to help teachers get the most from using the collection in the classroom. Contents Wild Islands Exterminating Thylacines (prose poem) Dingo Dilemma dramatic monologue) Dancing with Dingoes (background explanation) Lady Macbeth in Sand (hypothetical journal) Birds Mag Attack (dramatic debate for two voices) Insects) Notes from a Dung Beetle Workshop (fascinating fact file) The Dirt on Dung Beetles (poem) Bats Bat Alert (short story) Vampire on Trial (one-act play) Wombats In Search of Golden Wombats (report) Death of a Golden Wombat (poem for two voices) Saving the Ocean The Sinking of a Warrior (research record) Caught in the Net (fictionalised history) Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce (personal anecdote) Dugong Beach (short story) Secrets in Sand Digging up a Story (personal anecdote) Dirty Work (journal) Village of Stone (documentary radio script) An Aboriginal Stone Village (newspaper article) A Literary Obsession – The Beginning (explanation) Mahogany the Mystery Ship ( radio drama script) Not a Clue (personal introduction) Imagine! (poem) Points North Croc Snaps (fascinating fact file.