PENGETAHUAN PEDAGOGI KANDUNGAN

PCK 1

Soil Ecosystems data collation (PCK 1) Activity Complete the following tables. Site Characteristic Site 1 type of vegetation level of shade soil dryness/dampness soil pH soil compactness soil texture (sandy, heavy clay etc) Site 2

Table 1 (a) larger macrofauna Macrofauna Order or group

soil volume = ____ soil volume = ____

number @ location 1

number @ location 2

Table 2 (b) smaller macrofauna Macrofauna Order number @ location 1 number @ location 2

or group
soil volume = ____ soil volume = ____

Table 3

Use results from Table 2 and 3 and calculate the number of Orders or groups per litre of soil and leaf litter, and the numbers of individuals from each Order or group per litre of soil and leaf litter.

Macrofauna

location 1location 2

number of Orders or groups per litre of soil/litter

eg. no. individuals of group B per litre of soil/litter 15 no. individuals of per litre of soil/litter no. individuals of per litre of soil/litter

Table 4

PCK 2 ex-situ Conservation Presentation The task Visit a Zoological Garden or a Botanical Garden (or a regional zoo/fauna park/garden). If you cannot get to one, visit a virtual zoo or virtual garden on the web. Websites

Follow the links to other sites * Zoos IUCN Conservation Breeding Specialist Group : (go to the Global Zoo Diresctory) http://www.cbsg.org/ South East Asian Zoos Association http://www.seaza.org/ American Zoo & Aquarium Association : http://aza.org/ ZooNet (International Index) : http://www.mindspring.com/~zoonet/www_virtual_lib/zoos.html Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum : http://www.desertmuseum.org/ Australian Museum http://www.amonline.net.au/thylacine/index2.htm San Diego Zoo http://www.sandiegozoo.org/ http://www.mobot.org/CPC/welcome.html http://www.rbgkew.org.uk:80/conservation/index.html http://www.florabank.org.au/ http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/BGCI/australi.htm http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au/ http://www.rbg.ca/cbcn/ http://www.anbg.gov.au/chabg/newsletter/3-july-02/ Botanical Gardens in Malaysia Rimba IImu Botanic Garden http://rimba.um.edu.my/ Gardens/Plants

Penang Botanic Gardens http://www.sukpp.gov.my/KebunBunga/main.html Botanic Gardens Conservation International http://www.bgci.org.uk/botanic_gardens/Fruit_germplasm_collection_Malaysia.html http://www.bgci.org.uk/conservation/Conservation_Rimba_ilmu?Malaysia.html