Teacher Resources

English. This resource pack includes various lessons for students to explore their connection to the ocean, learn about ocean health, and develop their communication skills, all with the help of clips from the film.  Lesson plans, fact sheets and student work sheets.

This unit uses clips from Blue to inspire learning about the ocean and the impact of human behaviour on its health. Lessons incorporate mindfulness, storytelling, drama, music, design thinking, scientific inquiry, and marine turtle conservation.

This English unit develops students’ ocean literacy through Blueback, using film clips, texts, and conservation data to explore sustainable ocean practices and key marine conservation topics in Australia.

Discover everything about boating at MarineWise.  This comprehensive resource offers guidance on safety, licensing, regulations, and tips for purchasing and maintaining boats. It promotes users to have informed, safe, and enjoyable boating experiences while navigating Australia’s waterways.

This unit uses ocean literacy to help students understand climate change and its impacts on marine environments. Through engaging activities, students build climate agency and explore practical ways they can take positive action for the ocean and climate.

The NSW Marine Parks Education Kit contains four modules that cover the topics of marine parks and conservation, rocky shores, estuaries and cultural heritage. These modules have been designed to fit the NSW Department of Education and Training’s primary school curriculum, and can be used to complement current teaching programs

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.

Caring for River Country looks at the ways First Nations Australians of the Murray-Darling Basin have practised environmental management both traditionally and in the present day.

Watch the report by Ruben Meerman and discover how more than 3000 'nautical robots', known as argo floats, have been placed in the oceans to collect data on variations in temperature, pressure and salinity.

This video highlights how researchers are using seals to gather data on ocean temperatures, currents, and ice thickness, which are crucial for understanding climate change. The seals help collect valuable information from remote regions that are difficult for humans to access, providing new insights into the state of marine ecosystems and the impacts of climate change.