Instructions for Practical Activity

PART 1

• Beginning with Location 1 (Werribee), listen to each Sound File in order.

• As you listen to each recording, mark down what you are hearing on the data sheet:

  • If dolphins are present in that recording, tick in the “Dolphins” column on the data sheet.

  • If vessels are present in that recording, tick in the “Vessels” column on the data sheet.

  • If geophony (waves, rain, etc) is present in that recording, tick in the “Geophony” column on the data sheet.

• Listen to all Sound File recordings for both Location 1 & Location 2.

• Tally your results for each season, and each location on the data sheet.

PART 2

• Once you have completed the data collection for all sound files, it is time to graph and visualise your data.

  • Using the graph sheet, create a bar graph for each season for both Location 1 & Location 2.

  • Using the graph sheet, create a bar graph for the total observations for both Location 1 & Location 2

PART 3

• Using your completed datasets, answer the assessment questions.