Biodiversity Education Resources

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Discover Nature on Eyre Peninsula Education Resource

The Discover Nature on Eyre Peninsula Education Resource is designed to help teachers on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula increase students' understanding and passion about the natural environment and biodiversity conservation.

See Discover Nature on Eyre Peninsula Education Resource.

BioWhat? Education Resource

BioWhat?, produced by the SA Urban Forest Biodiversity Program, is a series of lessons for upper primary students tailored for 'Integrated Studies' with curriculum links to science, society and environment, english and maths. The lessons combine activity and theory, and introduce students to the role each of us can have in looking after the living things around us. Using the activities requires no science training and students can work independently or in groups.

See BioWhat?, SA Urban Forest Biodiversity Program.

Hands on for Habitat Resource Kit

The free Hands on for Habitat teacher's resource kit includes classroom resources to encourage 6-12 year olds to learn more about Australia's threatened animals and plants. Aligned to curriculum guidelines, the kit addresses a number of Key Learning Areas - especially society and environment, and science - and contains fact sheets, brochures, posters and a teacher's guide with activities, lesson plans and black-line masters.

The resource kit is also designed to assist in the development of materials for entry in the annual Hands on for Habitat competition, where students have the chance to win prizes for the school, while at the same time learning about and helping Australia's threatened species.

Logs Have Life Inside Music and Education Kit

Developed for primary school students, the Logs Have Life Inside Music and Education Kit includes a story, fact sheets and illustrated classroom activities designed to assist teachers convey the 'logs have life inside' message. The kit aims to teach children about the importance of hollow logs and trees, which provide homes, nesting sites and feeding grounds for a variety of plants and animals. It also explores the impact of firewood collection on Australia's native wildlife and encourages students to protect our native habitats by suggesting simple strategies for conserving dead wood.

See Logs Have Life Inside.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Education Service

The Adelaide Botanic Gardens display plants from around the world within different landscape themes. Schools use the garden as a living museum to learn about the fascinating world of plants and their importance to all life on earth. Programs include science, language, literacy and culture, and encourage discovery-based learning across the curriculum.

The Education Service website includes teacher support materials such as resources for self-guided discovery trails, virtual tours of the botanic gardens, aboriginal plant use and rainforests, and activities for students.

See the 'Education - Schools' section of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens website.

KESAB Waterwatch

The Waterwatch website presents information on catchments and water quality monitoring. Learn about catchments and the coast. Discover our living waterways and find out about local fish, frogs and aquatic invertebrates. The website includes teacher resources, interactive activities for children, and ideas for taking action in your local catchment.

See KESAB Waterwatch.

Coast and Marine Education Framework

The Coast and Marine Education Framework presents educators with a framework (or map) to facilitate coast and marine education. It provides links to many easily accessible resources, activities and contacts related to coast and marine education, while satisfying curriculum requirements and environmental relevance.

See Education Framework, Coast and Marine.

Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Education Resource

The Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Education Resource is a great way to engage schools and the broader community in protecting Bottlenose Dolphins and the environment that supports them. It provides a framework of discovery with questions, information, activities and ideas for environmental action that people can take part in to protect dolphins and their habitat. Although focussed on Adelaide's urban dolphins, the education resource is easily adapted to other dolphin populations.

See Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Education Resource.