Coastal and marine environments
Coastal and marine environments promote student understanding of our beaches and the mysteries of our coasts (resources are being developed).
If you can’t find the topic you are looking for look on the freshwater or land-based environment pages.
The big picture
The big picture looks at, the basic principles of sustainability and understanding our environment, the interconnectedness of our ecosystems, local and global perspectives and the impact of human decisions.
Coast and marine
Information pack
ID charts
Other
Websites
Marine life
Other
Investigating
Students undertake hands-on monitoring and research of an aspect of their local environment to deepen their understanding of environments and ecosystem health.
Estuaries
Fact sheet
ID charts
Marine pests
Other
Shorebirds
Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary educator resources
Other
Taking action
Students apply their new understanding of the environment and human impacts, and act to preserve or restore the local environment. Taking action is about empowering students to share their skills and knowledge with the local community to effect change.
Other
Dive into the rock pool
The rock pool is a new coast and marine website/online hub to connect people, schools, universities and communities to information on SA’s coast and marine environment.
It links people to information on:
- SA’s marine and coastal catchments
- marine and coastal places to visit
- getting involved
- education resources.
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