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Primary Grade 4 - Prickly Predators
There are many animals that use mangrove forests for their home both above and below the water. colour all the animals that you can find, then answer the questions on page 2.
1. Identify as many organisms as you can and record their names below.
2. Explain why mangrove forests are important ecosystems?
3. Create a Mangrove Forest food chain using organisms identified on page 1
Primary Grade 4 - Prickly Predators
Questions
1. How many arms can a crown-of-thorns starfish have?
2. Describe how Crown-of-thorns starfish feed?
3. Explain an outbreak of Crown-of-thorns starfish and how it impacts the health of a reef?
4. Identify what we can do to reduce Crown-of-thorns starfish numbers on the reef?
Label the image below with the following features.
Primary Grade 3 - What Doesn't Belong?
1. Identify and circle the non-living things in the picture above.
2. List all the living things you can find.
3. Colour in the coral reef ecosystem.
4. Extension: Choose one of the non-living things in the picture that could be harmful to a coral reef. Explain why it is harmful and what you can do to prevent it from occurring.
Primary Grade 3 - Leopard Sharks Life Cycle
Find the missing word in the text below.
Primary Grade 3 - Seahorse Life Cycle
Find the missing word in the text below.
Primary Grade 3 - Turtle Life Cycle
Find the missing word in the text below.
Primary Grade 1 - Where Do They Live?
Cut and Paste Activity on correct habitats for marine sea life?
Primary Grade 1 - Habitat Matchups
1. Match the animal with their habitat by drawing a line between them.
2. Pick one of the habitats above and investigate what other animals may live there.
3. Draw a picture of you chosen habitat and include some of the animals you have found.
Student Worksheet - School Litter Source Reduction Plan
Student Worksheet - School Litter Source Reduction Plan
Teachers Resource - School Litter Source Reduction Plan
This tool may assist Teachers to complete the worksheet.
ACTIVITY Chatterbox - English Language
Unlock the secrets of learning with our Chatterbox Challenge in English Language – where every fold leads to new knowledge!
ACTIVITY Chatterbox - Warrongo/Warrungu Language
Unlock the secrets of learning with our Chatterbox Challenge – where every fold leads to new knowledge!
Warrongo (or War(r)ungu) is an Australian Aboriginal language, one of the dozen languages of the Maric branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
It was formerly spoken by the Warrongo people in the area around Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Warrungu - Queensland, west of Ingham and Abergowrie almost to Einasleigh.
Alternative names for the language include Warrangu, Warrango, War(r)uŋu, War-oong-oo, Gudjala and Gudjal. The Warungu language region includes areas from the Upper Herbert River to Mount Garnet.
VIDEO - Working with Traditional Owners for Sea Country Management across GBRMPA
Jason discusses tools to provide genuine pathways for Traditional Owner groups to engage in effective co-management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks, both Commonwealth and State, and the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
This includes Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreements (TUMRAs) as one tool that describes how Traditional Owners work in partnership with the Australian and Queensland governments to manage traditional use activities on their Sea Country.
Jason’s key message is that maintaining effective and meaningful partnerships with Traditional Owners is essential in protecting cultural and heritage values, conserving biodiversity and enhancing the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef into the future.
VIDEO - Reef in Focus: Managing Sea Country Webinar
In honor of National Reconciliation Week 2022, the Reef Authority held a Reef in Focus webinar, 'Managing Sea Country' on Tuesday 31 May 2022. Learn first-hand from our First Nations partners about their deep connection to the Great Barrier Reef and their expanding role in its management.
VIDEO - Yarul Dhingiga: Keppel Bay Reef Rehabilitation Project
In October 2022, the Reef Joint Field Management Program, the Woppaburra TUMRA Aboriginal Corporation (WTAC) and local tourism operators came together on Woppaburra Country for the third trial of the MARRS (Mars Assisted Reef Restoration System) reef star – hexagonal metal frames that can be placed on the seabed, in areas of loose coral rubble, to provide a stable platform for live coral fragment attachment.
VIDEO - Indigenous Ranger Training on the Reef
We recently brought together a number of Indigenous ranger groups from across the Great Barrier Reef to complete incident management training. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef region, and evidence of their sea country connections goes back over 60,000 years.
VIDEO - Indigenous Rangers on the Reef
The Indigenous ranger's program is a nationally accredited training course by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. It provides rangers with the skills to ensure Marine Park users comply with its rules and traditional lore.
The Authority understands that having an effective and meaningful partnership with Traditional Owners is essential to protect cultural and heritage values, conserve biodiversity and enhance the resilience of the Reef.
VIDEO - Traditional Use of Marine Resources 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.
Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreements are community-based plans for management of traditional resources which are accredited in legislation and have proved a successful mechanism for joint management of the Reef.
Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreements describe how Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owner groups work in partnership with the Australian and Queensland governments to manage traditional use activities on their sea country.
VIDEO - Yarul Dhingiga: Keppel Bay Reef Rehabilitation Project
In October 2022, the Reef Joint Field Management Program, the Woppaburra TUMRA Aboriginal Corporation (WTAC) and local tourism operators came together on Woppaburra Country for the third trial of the MARRS (Mars Assisted Reef Restoration System) reef star – hexagonal metal frames that can be placed on the seabed, in areas of loose coral rubble, to provide a stable platform for live coral fragment attachment.
VIDEO - Indigenous Ranger Training on the Reef
We recently brought together a number of Indigenous ranger groups from across the Great Barrier Reef to complete incident management training. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef region, and evidence of their sea country connections goes back over 60,000 years.
VIDEO - Indigenous Rangers on the Reef
The Indigenous ranger's program is a nationally accredited training course by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. It provides rangers with the skills to ensure Marine Park users comply with its rules and traditional lore.
The Authority understands that having an effective and meaningful partnership with Traditional Owners is essential to protect cultural and heritage values, conserve biodiversity and enhance the resilience of the Reef.
VIDEO - Traditional Use of Marine Resources 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.
Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreements are community-based plans for management of traditional resources which are accredited in legislation and have proved a successful mechanism for joint management of the Reef.
Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreements describe how Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owner groups work in partnership with the Australian and Queensland governments to manage traditional use activities on their sea country.
POSTER - Marine Resources Agreement (TUMRA) Areas Poster
Determined Native Title and Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement (TUMRA) areas in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks as of September 2021!
INTERESTING READINGS - Manduburra Sea Country Cultural Values
Chart a course through Mandubarra Sea Country with our mapping project! Discover the key cultural values held by Mandubarra Traditional Owners and navigate the rich heritage of this sacred land.