A Trip Around the World
Explore and describe global habitats, comparing conditions and how environments meeting living things' needs through discussion and vocabulary-based activities.
Coral Reef or Open Ocean?
Compare coral reef and open ocean habitats, sorting animals and explaining adaptions, food chains an how environments meeting living things' needs.
My Habitat Snapshot
Create a marine animal habitat profile, exploring features, diet and environments while linking ideas of diversity, identity and belonging.
Creature Needs
Explore what living things need to survive, comparing animal and human needs through sorting, discussion and prioritising activities.
What Belongs in the Ocean?
Sort items to identify what belongs in the ocean, exploring habitats, human impact and actions to protect environments through discussion.
Land’s Edge Saltwater School
Land’s Edge Saltwater School offers experiential, curriculum-aligned field studies in Chowder Bay, Mosman, where students explore marine environments through direct observation, scientific investigation, and outdoor learning. Support your teaching with authentic ocean literacy experiences.
Southern Cross University SEA Program
Using a state-of-the-art marine research facility and the ecologically unique Solitary Islands as a backdrop, the National Marine Science Centre offers innovative field- and laboratory-based science activities for Primary and Secondary students. Working alongside enthusiastic scientists, students develop their scientific skills through hands-on, interactive, curriculum-based STEM activities. The SEA program is developed by our education staff to assist teachers in meeting the New South Wales Board of Studies/National Curriculum Key Learning Area outcomes.
The Harbour School Sydney
The Harbour School Sydney provides a range of quality, curriculum-linked educational experiences and resources based on themes of marine, coastal and estuarine environments, climate change and urban harbours. We deliver a range of excursions and incursions, facilitate environmental projects including experiences for Living Seawalls, and deliver professional learning for teachers and pre-service teachers.
Dolphins & Estuaries
Learn about estuaries, why they are important to dolphins and other marine life and the threats they face in this interactive activity. Created by our education team for primary and early high school students.
The Rivers and Wetlands of the Murray Darlin Basin
This resource provides downloadable teacher support materials and learning sequences to help educators guide students through inquiry‑based lessons about the Basin’s rivers, wetlands, ecosystems, Aboriginal perspectives and environmental stewardship.