Cetacea Biology & Ecology
This program explores the biology, ecology and behaviour of whales and dolphins, including their adaptations, life cycles and roles within marine ecosystems. Students investigate the threats facing cetaceans and the conservation approaches used to protect these remarkable marine mammals.
Cetacean Communication
This program explores how whales and dolphins communicate using sounds, body language and other behaviours. Students investigate the fascinating ways cetaceans interact and learn how communication research helps us better understand and protect these marine mammals.
Conserving and Restoring Mangrove Forests – A Climate Change Mitigation
This program explores the importance of mangrove forests and their role in supporting marine biodiversity and coastal communities. Students investigate how mangroves store carbon, help mitigate climate change and can be conserved and restored.
Marine Food Webs
This program introduces students to marine food webs and the interconnected relationships between ocean species. Students explore energy flow, predator-prey relationships and the importance of healthy marine ecosystems.
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – Understanding the Economic Value of Nature
This program explores biodiversity and the essential ecosystem services that nature provides to people and the environment. Students investigate the economic value of healthy ecosystems and consider how conservation and sustainable management can protect these benefits for the future.
Marine Discovery Centre Hastings Point
Education programs combine interactive presentations with hands-on field studies in local coastal ecosystems, including rocky shores, mangroves, dunes and wetlands. Programs are tailored from early learning through to senior secondary, inspiring students to develop a deeper understanding of marine environments and ocean conservation.
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.
Sustainable Seafood in Australia
This site provides student worksheets with interactive videos, multimedia content, real-world case studies, differentiated activities, and a printable “Find Your Career in the Seafood Industry” poster, all aligned with the Australian Curriculum, to showcase career opportunities, sustainability efforts, and technological advancements in Australia’s aquaculture and wild-catch fishing industries.