Leaders for Sustainability Program
Leaders for Sustainability is an award-winning program where a qualified EcoCentre facilitator helps students develop leadership skills and environmental knowledge over a term, culminating in a student-led sustainability project. Full scholarships are available to schools within Bayside City Council and the City of Port Phillip.
Captain Trash
Captain Trash, the alter ego of Port Phillip Baykeeper Neil Blake (OAM), educates kids on the 5 ARRRGHS: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, and Remove. Through pirate humour, ukulele strumming, and rapping, he engages children while promoting environmental awareness with a solid scientific foundation.
Sharks and Rays of Port Phillip Bay Incursion
This incursion introduces students to the diverse fauna of Port Phillip Bay (and southern Australia), with a particular focus on chondrichthyans (cartilaginous fish). Students will explore the habitats, life cycles, functional morphology (anatomy), and evolutionary adaptations of these fascinating species. The program also covers the geological history of Port Phillip Bay and the impact of human activities on shark and ray populations.
Marine Ecosystems & Human Impacts
The Port Phillip EcoCentre provides a wide range of marine excursion activities at St Kilda Beach, St Kilda Pier and West Beach. Using Port Phillip Bay as our outdoor classroom we have a variety of hands-on activities that allow schools to tailor their excursion to match curriculum needs, inquiry topic and student projects.
Marine Teachers Association of New South Wales
If you're a Marine Teacher in NSW, come join MTANSW! The Marine Teachers Association of NSW (MTANSW) is a professional organisation dedicated to supporting marine education through curriculum development, teacher mentoring, and resource creation. It advocates for marine educators with education authorities, collaborates with government and industry partners, and provides tools to help teachers educate students on water safety and marine topics.
Waves supply nutrients to marine ecosystems
This video, along with reflection questions, explores the essential role of waves in marine ecosystems by helping to deliver nutrients that support plankton growth and other marine life, ultimately impacting the health of the ocean environment.
Investigating Ocean Acidification
This resource guides students through an experiment to explore how ocean acidification, caused by increased carbon dioxide levels, affects marine organisms with calcium carbonate shells, such as oysters and clams, encouraging scientific investigation and analysis
Sound waves measure ocean temperatures
This video and activity explains how researchers use sound waves to measure ocean temperatures, a technique that helps monitor climate change and marine environments by providing accurate, real-time data on temperature changes at various depths.
Introduction to Ocean Acidification
This resource introduces students to the concept of ocean acidification caused by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, providing an experiment and design challenge to help students explore its effects on marine ecosystems and understand the chemistry behind this environmental issue.
Finding Solutions: It’s a Marathon
This resource challenges students to explore innovative ways to reduce single-use plastics by creating biodegradable and edible water bottles from brown algae, incorporating experiments, chemical reactions, and design evaluations to learn about sustainability and environmental solutions.