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 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.
NSW Marine Estate
This webpage includes activity books, lesson plans, teacher guides, marine estate fact sheets and information on marine-related career options to support primary school teaching about the NSW marine environment.
For the Juniors: How do mangrove trees survive?
A video that takes students on a journey to discover how mangroves thrive in extreme conditions where most plants cannot survive. From salt filtration to aerial roots, explore the remarkable adaptations that make mangroves unique and essential to coastal ecosystems.
MangroveWatch – A Citizen Science Project
This unit focuses on introducing students to mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems and exploring their values and attitudes towards conservation research.
I wonder what lives here?
Students will become Earthwatch Explorers by using their senses to explore sections of their school using science equipment and techniques.