Marine Environments
This webpage provides an overview of marine environments, describing key ecosystems like oceans, coral reefs and estuaries, and offers educational information and activities to explore and care for them.
Biodiversity
This webpage explains biodiversity as the variety of life at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, highlighting its importance, the threats it faces, and actions people can take to help protect it.
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.
NSW Seafood Industry Partnership in Schools (SIPS 2030)
This lesson series on sustainable NSW seafood provides students with adaptable resources, including worksheets, activities and videos, to support learning and build a critical understanding of sustainable fishing practices.
The Yabby Unit
This unit of work provides students with the opportunity to investigate the importance of aquaculture production to our society. It integrates content from multiple contexts, aquaculture, aquaponics and digital technologies.
Fish – aquaculture
This page provides guidance for NSW schools on the management, care and welfare of aquaculture fish, including animal welfare standards, required approvals and practical considerations for keeping and using fish for teaching.
Primary and Secondary School Resources Audit
This resources covers a range of topics including, marine and freshwater habitats and environments, recreational fishing indigenous fishing, aquaculture, fisheries management and sustainability, general fish and seafood species, seafood handling, filleting and processing, industry careers and business, health, nutrition and cooking.
High Schools – Get Hooked
Get Hooked… Fish for Life, a versatile teaching resource designed for high schools across New South Wales. This program supports interdisciplinary learning in Geography, Science, and Marine and Aquaculture Technology. Teachers can choose from a range of topics across four dedicated units, allowing for tailored lessons that cater to diverse classroom needs and interests.
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.