Thresholds and pattern dynamics-Activities

	Published by Australian Academy of Science
Activities \| Predicting natural events

Melbourne water
- Bushfires and water catchments – four activities on the effects of fire and drought on water catchments.
Science NetLinks, USA
- Defining drought – students look at drought from a variety of perspectives.
- Evaluating mathematical models – students use the internet to evaluate a variety of mathematical models.
- Abrupt climate change – explores how scientific knowledge changes in the context of abrupt climate change.
Discovery Education, USA
- Tracking earthquakes around the world – students examine the relationship between the plate tectonic theory and earthquakes.
Centre for Polymer Research, Boston University, USA
- Patterns in nature – students explore how small random events create patterns in nature.

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Page updated March 2008.