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Reef Education Flyer
Reef Education Flyer - Learn about the Great Barrier Reef through our education programs and resources.
Traditional Owners' Reef Story
A story about the Traditional Custodians of the Great Barrier Reef, created by the Reef 2050 Traditional Owner working group.
Careers on the Reef Flyer
Experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef with a Reef Education Virtual Learning Experience featuring "Careers on the Reef". The Reef Education team can deliver a range of virtual learning experiences, which all link to the Australian Curriculum, using Zoom meeting room or webinar platforms.
Management of the Reef Flyer
Experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef with a Reef Education Virtual Learning Experience featuring "Management of the Great Barrier Reef". The Reef Education team can deliver a range of virtual learning experiences, which all link to the Australian Curriculum, using Zoom meeting room or webinar platforms.
Growing up on the Reef Flyer
Experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef with a Reef Education Virtual Learning Experience featuring "Life cycles and Growing up on the Reef". The Reef Education team can deliver a range of virtual learning experiences, which all link to the Australian Curriculum, using Zoom meeting room or webinar platforms.
Creatures and their Features Flyer
Experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef with a Reef Education Virtual Learning Experience featuring "Creatures and their Features". The Reef Education team can deliver a range of virtual learning experiences, which all link to the Australian Curriculum, using Zoom meeting room or webinar platforms.
GBRMPA Teaching Units - Animal adaptations: Year 5 Australian Science curriculum focus
In this unit, students will investigate structural and behavioural adaptations of animals and plants. They will understand how these adaptations help animals and plants survive in the environments they live in. Students will recognise how science knowledge, such as knowing how adaptations in living things help them survive in their environments, can be used to inform personal and community decisions.
GBRMPA Teaching Units - Endangered species - marine turtles: Year 4 Australian Science curriculum focus
In this unit, students will investigate marine turtles and their life cycles. They will explore the relationship between the survival needs of marine turtles and the habitats they live in, including interactions with other living things. By considering changes to the habitats, such as coastal development and climate change, students will predict the effect of these changes on marine turtles, including the impact on the survival of the species. Students will recognise how science knowledge helps people understand the effect of their actions.
GBRMPA Teaching Units - Exploring the Reef: Year 3 Australian Science curriculum focus
In this unit, students will investigate living and non-living things (including things on the Great Barrier Reef). They will observe and group things as living or non-living based on observable features. They will explore the characteristics of living things. Students will identify natural and human threats to living things on the Reef and recognise how science can help people understand threats to the Reef such as oil spills and the effect of human actions.
GBRMPA Teaching Units - Habitat investigations: Year 1 Australian Science curriculum focus
In this unit, students will explore one or more habitats within their local environment. They will identify external features of different plants and animals and how their needs are met in the habitats they live in. Students will identify and describe changes to local habitats as a result of human activity and suggest how science helps people care for their local habitats.
2016 Reef Beat Education Series: Threats to the Reef
A series of resources that include videos and an activity book that link to threats to the Great Barrier Reef.
2013 Reef Beat Education Series: The amazing Great Barrier Reef, let's keep it great
A series of resources that include a poster and an activity book that link to the amazing Great Barrier Reef and its importance as a national and global icon.
Monitoring for management: Reef 2050 plan?
The Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program is a coordinated and integrated monitoring, modelling and reporting program for the Great Barrier Reef and its adjacent catchment that will help track the progress towards targets and objectives of the Reef 2050 Plan, under the plan’s seven themes. This will be a key input to assessing the effectiveness of the plan.
What is the Reef 2050 Plan?
A video explaining the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan (Reef 2050 Plan). The Reef 2050 Plan was developed by the Australian and Queensland governments, together with its partners, including Traditional Owners, industry, scientists and communities, as an overarching strategy for managing the Great Barrier Reef.
Classification of Reef Creatures Playlist
A series of videos explaining classification and describing various marine phyla.
Creature Feature Playlist
A series of videos describing a few animals that live on the Great Barrier Reef.
Climate Change Animation Playlist
A series of animated videos depicting what climate change is, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, and the impacts of climate change.
GBRMPA Teaching Units - Climate change: Year 10 Australian Science curriculum focus
In this mini unit, students will explore the carbon cycle and the four global systems: biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere. Students will investigate greenhouses gases and carbon dioxide and describe the relationship between the carbon cycle and climate change. Students will investigate what happens when carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater and potential impacts of ocean acidification on reef biodiversity. Students will discuss impacts of climate change on ecosystems and everyday changes to reduce these impacts.
Meet the Yuku Baja Muliku Junior Rangers
A video explaining the Yuku Baja Muliku Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement and their Junior Rangers from Far North Queensland.
A new kind of sea star: how we're helping rehabilitate Green Island in the Great Barrier Reef
A video explaining reef stars. Using hexagonal-shaped, metal frames called MARRS Reef Stars and thousands of live coral fragments, Neil and the team, in partnership with Queensland National Parks, are working to regenerate the Reef.
Our field management team: on the frontline
A video showcasing the work of our field management team in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The field management program is a joint initiative of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreements
The Marine Park Authority and Traditional Owners are working together to integrate modern marine park management and traditional knowledge to protect this irreplaceable iconic World Heritage Area. This video explains these partnerships.
Yirrganydji Traditional use of Marine Resources Agreement
Video explaining the Yirrganydji Traditional use of Marine Resources Agreement and the projects they are undertaking.
Lama Lama Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement
A video about the Lama Lama Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement (TUMRA) that covers Sea Country which extends from Princess Charlotte Bay to the Normanby River, a rugged and breathtakingly beautiful part of the Great Barrier Reef.