Teacher Resources

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.

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.

The Catchment Crusader game on that page is an interactive educational activity where you explore different regions of the Hunter River catchment, learn about looking after the environment, answer questions and complete tasks to collect codes and earn a certificate as a “Catchment Crusader.”

Explore cauliflower coral and how scientists are helping restore it.  Students learn about habitats, human impact and conservation through real examples.

This five minute video gives an entertaining and visual explanation of the three main states of matter and describes how water constantly moves through these states in the natural water cycle.

A collection of lesson plans, video clips, quizzes, games, investigations, and worksheets focused on caring for marine and coastal environments.   .

This lesson plan focuses on learning about the importance of coral reefs and how colour can act as an indicator of reef health. Students develop an understanding of living things (coral) that can grow in different shapes and their needs within the habitat (coral reefs). Severe changes in water temperature can cause corals to change colour from brown/green to white (coral bleaching).