Teacher Resources

Create a marine animal habitat profile, exploring features, diet and environments while linking ideas of diversity, identity and belonging.

Explore marine animals through sensory play, storytelling and art, building understanding of habitats and communication.

Caring for Country – the land, seas, and skies on which we live and learn – is everyone’s responsibility. It’s important to recognise that there are many ways to take on and share this responsibility, with actions that may seem small but hold significant meaning. This resource explores the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures to environmental management practices, including aquaculture.

This interactive resource engages students in exploring the natural water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff, through an engaging, scroll-based visual model that demonstrates how water continuously moves through Earth’s systems.

Colour in the natural water cycle and see how water moves through different states of matter.

Find out more in the natural water cycle factsheet.

All ages will enjoy learning about or testing their knowledge of the natural water cycle in this engaging game.

In this unit, students investigate the history and future of New South Wales’ fishing industry, explore human connections to the marine environment, learn about commonly caught species and the ocean-to-plate process, and examine the importance of sustainable fishing and Australia’s leadership in fisheries management.

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.

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.

Behind the News looks at how the world's oceans are full of strange and fascinating creatures, many of which have never been seen by humans. But a project called Ocean Census is setting out to find as many of them as possible. It's just identified 800 new species, and it's just getting started.

This Sydney-based excursion allows students to explore ocean ecosystem dynamics, including food webs, biodiversity, and human impacts on marine environments, through interactive exhibits and curriculum-linked, hands-on learning experiences.