The+Jason+Project

This is about the Jason Project
 * Red Fox
 * European Rabbit
 * Dromedary Camel
 * Feral Goat
 * Feral Cat
 * Brumby
 * Feral Pig
 * Cow
 * Water Buffalo
 * Goat
 * Brown Rat
 * Black rat
 * Horse
 * Carp
 * Brown Trout
 * Goldfish
 * Rainbow Trout
 * eel

I have 16 animals and under water invasive species.

The JASON Project connects students with scientists and researchers in real- and near-real time, virtually and physically, to provide mentored, authentic and enriching science learning experiences. JASON and its partners create these connections using multiple platforms and technologies, including award-winning, standards-based classroom curriculum developed with NOAA, NASA, National Geographic Society and others; after-school and out-of-school activities; camp experiences; and exploration programs for museums, aquariums, libraries and community centers. The result is a year-round continuum of classroom and out-of-classroom learning. Founded in 1989 by Dr. Robert D. Ballard, JASON is a nonprofit organization managed by Sea Research Foundation, Inc. and governed by Sea Research and National Geographic Society. Sea Research Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, operates Mystic Aquarium, one of the world's largest aquariums; the Institute for Exploration, focused on deep ocean environments and led by Dr. Robert D. Ballard; and Immersion Learning, an after-school distance learning and digital media company. The mission of Sea Research (www.searesearch.org) is to inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education, research and exploration. - The Jason Project Website

=Sammy Gonzalez- List of invasive species=
 * [[file:Cane Toads.doc]]
 * Red Fox
 * European Rabbit
 * Dromedary Camel
 * Feral Goat
 * Feral Cat
 * Brumby
 * Feral Pig
 * Cow
 * Water Buffalo
 * Goat
 * Brown Rat
 * Black rat
 * Horse
 * Carp
 * Brown Trout
 * Goldfish
 * Rainbow Trout
 * Feral donkey

Invasive Species are animals that are not native to Australia and, animals that threaten our wildlife and environment. Lots of these animals are also known as pests because no one wants them around.

=Shay-List of Invasive Succulents in Australia=


 * Cylindropuntia tunicata / Abrojo, sheathed cholla or chain-link cactus
 * //Aloe saponaria// / Aloe
 * //Opuntia robusta// / Prickly pears
 * //Cylindropuntia imbricata// / Rope cactus

Indian Minor Birds Indian Minor Birds scare away our NATIVE birds (lorokeets, cockatoos etc.) from food, which makes them go hungry. Also, Indian Minor Birds eat alot of the food that our native animals eat
 * //These are just a few of the many invasive plants in Australia. These invasive plants are found commenly in Victoria.//**

coby sola- indian myna birds info-

the Indian Myna Bird (A.K.A- Common Myna) was introduced in the early 1860's in Melburne from Asia to control insects but they have become a invasive species to Australia especialy in urban centers. The Common Myna have now invaded open forests on the coast of NSW threatening native birds and hollow-dwelling animal populations. Hastings Landcare, Manning Landcare and the Great Lakes Network have received a grant from the Hunter- Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority and Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust to run an education program to control the invasive Indian Myna on the mid north coast.

To stop them from breeding up to thousands more people have set up traps such a peegees trap and magnet myna trap. These traps vary from rural to urban areas. they have a chocolate brown body with a black head with a yellow bill and a white patch on its wings (visable in flight). Do not get confused with the indian myna bird to the noisy miner (which is a native honey eater) witch looks similiar. The Noisy miner has a pale grey breast an olive ting near the wing a white belly and a yellow beak and fleash coulored legs.

References-indianmyna.org

Indian myna Noisy Miner

The European Red Fox the red fox is native to parts of Europe, Asia and North America. It was introduced to Victoria 1855 and 1871 and around about 1893 it spread to NSW and South Australia. The red fox then spread rapidly to northen territory between 1920 and 1930. The rapid spread of foxes was closly connected to the spread of rabbits and today the disturbence of both speicies largely concide. The northern limit to fox distribution in Australia is believed to be somewhat flexible, expanding northwards during good seasons and retreating southwards during drier times. In the Northen Terrotory the foxes are found easyer since the dry and hot weather does not bother them. The European Red Fox is a large threat to biodiversityconservation in Australia.

=__//Christian's Input Part 1: Invasive Species//__= Australia's native plants and animals adapted to life on an isolated continent over millions of years. Since European settlement they have had to compete with a range of introduced animals for habitat, food and shelter, battling the ecosystems across Australia. Some have also had to face new predators. Feral animals and plants are ruining the hearts of vital ecosystems around the nation.These new pressures have also caused a major impact on our country's soil and waterways and on its native plants and animals. Feral pests are known to carry rare diseases as domestic animals. These species travel around Australia spreading infectioness illnesses passing through more ecosystems. In some cases it would also be very difficult to control these diseases and parasites if feral animals carried them.

There are a number of control methods available for feral animals. These methods include conventional control techniques and biological control. Conventional control methods for feral animals include trapping, baiting, fencing and shooting. These ways are used regularly to stop the spread of pests and their diseases. There is always a method to stop things, and in this case feral animals, plants, parasites and diseases throughout the nation.

That was Christian's Input. OVER AND OUT ARGONAUTS!

This is a video I found from [|Youtube]

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This video is about an invasive species that can make you go blind if you touch it, smell it or go near it.

This video was embed by Tia Tudehope on the 11th of may 2011.

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MONICA- Here is some information on Invasive species in Australia. I found all my information on a really good site

http://www.feral.org.au/



=__//Christian's Input Part 2: JASON//__= The JASON Project was founded in 1989 by Dr. Robert D. Ballard; The oceanographer and explorer who discovered the shipwreck of the Titanic deep under the ocean at the sea's floor. The idea for The JASON Project was based on a Greek mythological tale stating that a man named Jason asks Zeus to go on a quest to find The Golden Fleece. This fleece however allowed you to do anything in the world. It granted wishes and gave you all powers created. Jason then got on a quest with his Argonauts and sets out on a life risking adventure consisting of battling Medusa and a three- headed dragon. Easy "//right//"? JASON has connected more than 10 million students and teachers with real scientific exploration and discovery. His helpers throughout explorations are called " The Argonauts". as just explained. Well now you know how it started. And I think you get how it was named. And how it has grown and developed to be one of the most powerful scientific groups in history.

Dr. Robert Ballard is the Executive Chairman of The JASON Project. He has taken the role of an oceanographer and an explorer in the Geographical society. On one of his most famous expeditions, Dr. Robert Ballard and a team of highly trained and knowledgeable scientists (Argonauts) traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1977 and discovered hot springs on the seafloor called hydrothermal vents. They found these vents erupting with life, including giant tubeworms that survive in a highly toxic environment. The tubeworms subsist on bacteria, which convert the poisonous chemicals from the vents into food. This chemical based food making process is referred to as chemosynthesis.

The JASON Project work along and are sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration otherwise known as NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration otherwise known as NOAA, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The George Washington University, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Motorola Foundation, Microsoft Corporation and Shell. These companies all work with and support The JASON Project to reach their full goal as a Geographical community.

That was Christian's Input. OVER AND OUT ARGONAUTS!

Sadly the video i wanted to put on to this wiki had no embed code so heres the link.

[|The man who found the Titanic part 1]

There is more of the series on Youtube.

[|The JASON Project Website]

The European Rabbit (//Oryctolagus cuniculus//) came out to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. The rabbit was introduced to Tasmania and the first feral populations were recorded in 1827 in south-eastern Tasmania. Later, in 1859, Thomas Austin brought out 24 rabbits, 5 hares and 72 partridges and released them on his property, just outside of Geelong in Victoria, called ‘Barwon Park' on Christmas Day. From ‘Barwon Park’, rabbits spread north and west, and in 1866 there was another release in Kapunda, South Australia. After that it took only 15 years to reach New South Wales, it reached the south-western border of Queensland in 1887, they were first sighted Northern Territory in 1894 at Charlotte Waters, and by the 1900’s there were feral populations in Western Australia. It seemed as if nothing would stop it, and not far behind the rabbit was the Fox. In 1890, the rabbit population in Australia reached plague numbers and something needed to be done.
 * Miguel Tamondong: Rabbits in Australia﻿**

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 * Not so cute rabbits huh!!! They are certainly a menace to our ecosystems - Mrs Straub **

DECLAN.GROHALA: VENUS FLY TRAPS

On monday we read about venus fly traps this is some info about it.Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike.
 * EEEWW!! Now that is one flower I would NOT put my nose to!! Carnivorous plants though.. are very cool!! - Mrs Straub. **

= __Invasive Species #1: Camels (//Dromadeus bactrianus//__) =

A man named “Horrock” brought the first Dromedary Camel (//Dromadeus bactrianus//) to Australia on the 12th October 1840, at [|Port Adelaide] in [|South Australia]. It was the only survivor of a group of camels that was shipped from the Canary Islands, north-west Africa. Two other camels arrived later that year and by the 1860’s, they were arriving by their hundreds, most were to establish the ‘Thomas Elder’s Beltana stud’ in [|South Australia], in 1866. They were also used for the increasing demand of the exploration and transport of ‘inland Australia’. The camels that were bred in these studs were more superior in quality that their counterparts in the camels native India and Pakistan, but the camels from these parts of the world were still being imported till 1907, because of the large necessity of cheap camels. Over 10 000 camels were imported and along with them came the Afghan cameleers. The camels and the cameleers, whom became known as ‘Ghans’ (short for Afghans), received a mixed reception when they arrived. Due to their adaptability to the harsh and arid Australian ‘outback’ environment, not unlike their native homeland of the Middle East, the camel was ideal for the ‘pioneer’ expeditions and was used by the early explorers, such as Burke and Wills, as well as Lasseter who went on to perish in the desert in search of gold. Soon after, camels became a familiar sight across inland Australia. Without camels, early exploration would have certainly have been much more difficult, and almost impossible. The camels carried supplies inland for the mining and sheep industries, aided the building of the ‘Overland Telegraph Line’, the ‘Canning Stock Route’, major fence lines and the ‘Trans-Australia’ and ‘Central Australian’ railways. But their ‘glory days’ weren’t long lived. Outback police, boundary riders, and postmen continued to use the camels, but with the invention of motor transport and its introduction to Australia in the 1920’s the ‘Age of the Camel’ was at an end. Animals that were once sold for £50 or even £100 (about $600 and $1200 by today’s standards) were now valueless. Rendered useless, they were destroyed or released into the Australian wilderness. Recently the longest north-south train route in the world was opened. It goes from [|Adelaide] in [|South Australia], through to [|Darwin] in the [|Northern Territory]. The train was called the ‘Ghan’ after the camels and cameleers that helped the early explorers in their routing and navigating of the outback. The train at full length stretches to being over 1 kilometre long.

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**//__Jordan Sturevski: Water Buffalo__//** = =

The water buffalo, (A.K.A Asian Buffalo) is the largest member of the Bovini tribe, which includes Yak, Bison, African buffalo, various species of wild cattle, and others. Standing to at least 1.5 metres and 1.9 metres tall at the shoulder, wild Water Buffalo are mammals with sparse gray-black coats. Males carry enormous backward-curving, crescent-shaped horns stretching close to 1.5 metres long with deep ridges on their surface. Females are smaller in size and weight, but they also have horns, although they are smaller. Water buffalo spend much of their day in the muddy waters of Asia’s tropical and subtropical forests. Their wide-splayed hoofed feet prevent them from sinking too deeply in the mud and allow them to move about in wetlands and swamps. These marshes provide good cover and rich aquatic plants to forage on, although water buffalo actually prefer to feed in grasslands on grass and herbs. Females normally produce calves every other year, after a gestation of 9 to 11 months. Young bulls typically remain with maternal herds, nwhich consist of around 30 buffalo, for three years after birth. They then go on to form small all-male herds. Water buffalo have been domesticated for more than 5,000 years. They have humanity’s survival with their meat, horns, hides, milk, butterfat, and power, plowing and transporting people and crops. Wild water buffalo are endangered and live only in a small number of protected areas stretching across India, Nepal, and Bhutan, and a wildlife reserve in Thailand. And populations are likely to diminish as they are interbred with domesticated Water Buffalo. =

=//**__Information that i got from:__**//=

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/water-buffalo/ =

= = =__//Christian's Input Part 3: Major Ecosystems//__= Most of us are confused when it comes to the words ecosystem and biome. What's the difference? There is a slight difference between the two words. An ecosystems is a some what smaller size than a biome. Biome's are also considered as lots of ecosystems put together. Biomes are known as major ecosystems. Some Biomes are:
 * Mountains
 * Tundra
 * Temperate Forest
 * Marine/Island
 * Desert
 * Tropical Dry Forest
 * Taiga
 * Cold Climate Forest
 * Grasslands
 * Marsh
 * Savannah
 * Tropical Rainforest
 * Aquatic

These are some of the ecosystems or biomes that I prefer to call them that I found. I just want to tell you about some of them.

Tropical Rainforests: Tropical rainforests are amazing. They are low in biodiversity because we aren't preserving them. Tropical rainforests are one of nature's treasures, and many of them are now at risk. We have already destroyed half of the world's original tropical rainforests! Just in a few decades, we can possibly witness the complete elimination of the world's rainforests. The biodiversity of this biome is legendary, this biome used to contain the largest biomass. Did you know that enough rainforests are being destroyed every minute to fill 50 football fields? We need to preserve these valuable resources because they are the lungs of our planet, and can possibly hold cures for many of our most deadly diseases. We need our Rainforests to stay because we are treating them like junk.

Tundra: This biome circles the world in the highest northern latitude and in the southern hemisphere is found only in the Antarctic Peninsula and Islands close by. Here temperatures often reach about -18°C in the winter. Tundra covers about one-fifth of the Earth's land surface. Because of the cold climate it is impossible for trees to grow, this results in low-growing plant life, wildflowers and biomass. In the Ice Age, massive glaciers dwelled here. Despite these harsh living conditions animals still manage to survive here. During the Tundra's brief summer, insects hatch out of eggs which were frozen in the top soil. Creating a vast feeding ground for birds, thousands migrate here during this time to feed on these insects. Millions of migrating waterfowl and shore birds come to the shore and lake areas in the arctic tundra of Alaska during the summer months. Also, ravens, hawks, ptarmigans, and the open country owl are common. Besides birds and insects mammals dwell in this icy zone. The Caribou, arctic hare, mink, weasel, lemming, wolf, wolverine, brown bear, vole and reindeer, roam this land. And the polar bear, walrus and arctic fox are commonly seen on the ice pack and coastal areas.

That was Christian's Input. OVER AND OUT ARGONAUTS!

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__Sammy G - Temperate Grasslands__ The temperate grasslands are located in 7 different areas the Pampas in South America, the Veld in Africa, the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand, the Murray Darling Basin in Australia, the Paires in North America and the Steppes in Central Asia. In the winter the grass in the grasslands turn brown because the grass turns dry in the winter. In summer the Temperate grasslands get pretty warm and humid with the average temperature getting up to 18 degrees celsius.

__//**Robert's list of invasive animals**//__

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**﻿Andrew( Rabbits )** **Rabbits are invasive species to Australia. They are invasive because they don't come from here and they eat the Australian animals food.** **Rabbits came in the early eurepean settlment on the boats.****(TO BE CONTINUED)**
 * EEEWW! Did anyone see the 60 minutes report last night on Cane Toads? It seems those invasive species are further out of control than QLD and Northern NSW.. **
 * they are also making their way into the Northern territory! Scientists are now concerned that blue tongue lizards, frill necked lizards.. native to our country will be under threat..as **
 * when they eat the toads they are poisoned and killed... this could mean that Australia's native wildlife may not stand a chance against the CANE TOAD??? - Mrs Straub. **

**Patrick's Youtube Video**

http://bit.ly/PatricksGrasslandVideo [[ [] ]]

Brodie's Youtube Video of the Desert

[|Desert] Naoise 6SRferal animals

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Tia's Prezi

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===Environmental biosecurity is the protection of the environment and from the negative effects associated with invasive species; including weeds, pests and diseases. It occurs across the entire biosecurity continuum: pre-border preparedness, border protection and post-border management and control.===

[[file:Kealy - Invasive species.doc]]
Endangered Species: By Robert and Amy (We made this a few years ago)

By Samantha Riel