May 25th @ 1:00pm AEST

Kangaroo Island, 13 kilometres (eight miles) off the coast of South Australia, and at 145 by 55 kms, it is Australia’s 3rd largest island. Despite a strong agricultural industry, nearly half of the original vegetation has been retained and over one third of the land is protected across 30 National and Conservation parks.

This provides a fantastic habitat for a huge range of wildlife species, with some now endemic to the Island. Some key species include, Kangaroo Island Kangaroos, Tammar Wallabies, Koalas, Short-beaked Echidnas, Australian Sea-lions, Long-nosed Fur Seals and over 260 individual bird species.

Topa Petit is an associate researcher at the Kangaroo Island Research Station with a special interest in plant-animal interactions, particularly pollination. Her research on bat pollination systems ranges from the Pacific to the Caribbean.

In South Australia including Kangaroo Island, she studies a diversity of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and their interactions. Her research has strong implications for conservation, extending to marine ecosystems. She currently works as an Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology at the University of South Australia.

There are several way to join:

Register for one of the limited camera spots and your students can interact directly with the speakers and ask their questions live.
If your students are not in the classroom and learning virtually, the educator can join in a camera spot and relay questions from their students as they tune in live.
You can also choose to tune in live via YouTube with your class and send in questions via the live chat. The events will record as well and be available to watch afterwards via a YouTube playlist.
All events will have live Kahoot! quizzes and your students can test their new learning while competing with students across the country.

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