Learning about the Water Industry in NSW
This website provides a range of curriculum-linked resources, activities, virtual learning experiences, and excursion opportunities that help students learn about water cycles, catchments, dams, waterways, and sustainable water management in Australia.
Seagrass Educators Handbook
The teaching guide provides educators with background information, lesson ideas, and practical activities to help students learn about seagrass ecosystems, their ecological importance, and the methods used to monitor and protect them through citizen science.
Seagrass-Watch Junior Activity Book
This activity book is a student-friendly resource that uses simple activities and games to teach younger learners about seagrass ecosystems, the animals that live in them, and why these habitats need to be protected.
Seagrass-Watch
This website is a teaching and learning resource that helps students and teachers understand seagrass ecosystems and why they are important. It provides educational materials such as videos, activity books, posters, and teacher guides that explain seagrass biology, its role in supporting marine life, and the threats it faces from human impacts and climate change.
Myrtle’s battle against climate change
This educational story based on real research about sea turtles and the impacts of climate change in the northern Great Barrier Reef. It follows a satellite-tagged turtle named Myrtle to show how changing ocean conditions, especially warming seas and habitat loss, affect turtle survival and highlight the importance of protecting marine ecosystems.
Dhyum the Dugong
This educational story about a real dugong named Dhyum that was satellite-tagged in the Torres Strait. It follows Dhyum’s journey to teach readers about dugongs, their dependence on seagrass habitats, and the importance of protecting marine environments.
Indigenous weather knowledge
This resource explains how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples use Indigenous seasonal calendars and environmental knowledge based on long term observation of plants, animals, and weather patterns to understand and interpret Australia’s climate and seasonal change.
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.