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Project Overview: Surf's Up' in The Torrens

The document discusses a research project to investigate why the River Torrens can no longer be used for local swimming lessons. It was once an important resource area for the indigenous Kaurna people and locals. Over the past 150 years, human impact has made the river inhabitable for native animals and swimming. The task is to research what is affecting the river's water quality, how humans have impacted it, and how to improve it for wildlife and swimming.

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Project Overview: Surf's Up' in The Torrens

The document discusses a research project to investigate why the River Torrens can no longer be used for local swimming lessons. It was once an important resource area for the indigenous Kaurna people and locals. Over the past 150 years, human impact has made the river inhabitable for native animals and swimming. The task is to research what is affecting the river's water quality, how humans have impacted it, and how to improve it for wildlife and swimming.

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Project Overview:

‘Surf’s up’ in the


Torrens
Project: You are a Researcher who has been given the task to investigate why the River
Torrens can no longer be used for local swimming lessons.

Background: The River Torrens was once used by the local indigenous Kaurna people who
called it Karrawirra Pari (red gum forest river). It was an important resource area and a
favourite camping place for the Kaurna people, providing water, fish and other foods. It was
also a favourite swimming place for the locals. Sadly though, over the past 150 years, we
humans have impacted the Torrens so much that it is now inhabitable for some native animals
and we can no longer swim there.

What can we do to fix this? All living things need to be


sustained by their environment. How we can we bring the
River Torrens back to its glory days before we damaged
it?

Task: You and your small team of scientists, need to find


out what is wrong with the Torrens, how it can be fixed,
and how the community can restore it to its glory days.
How can we make it future ready?

Presentation of work: You will present your findings in a website and display it to the
community and your families in Week 8 of Term 3. Let’s bring back the Torrens!

The following inquiry questions will help guide your research:

How can swimming in the River Torrens become a possibility in our lifetime?

Consider: 1. What are the variables affecting water quality?

2. How have humans impacted the River Torrens over the past 150 years?

3. How can we improve the Torrens for us and the native local animals?

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