Water
Water is the lifeblood of an ecosystem. Inspire your students to learn about, and connect with, their local waterways and marine ecosystems.
1hr 30mins
Connecting to Country through art
Inspire your students to explore connection to Country through their own visual arts practice and by analysing the works of other artists.
1hr 30mins
The Oyster Gardener Geography (Secondary)
Students will explore how water environments can be managed sustainably to preserve their economic, cultural, spiritual, and aesthetic value.
3hrs 20mins
The Oyster Gardener Media Arts
Teach your students how codes and conventions are used in the documentary The Oyster Gardener, and inspire them to learn about the environmental issues in their local area, and how to plan and produce an informative media arts production about it.
4hrs
The Oyster Gardener Media Studies
Engage your students in the film production process by watching the short documentary 'The Oyster Gardener'; a film about a Year 12 student and aspiring marine biologist, Jolie, who becomes involved in an oyster reef restoration project in her local river. Your students will also learn about how sustainability impacts all areas of productions.
1hr 30mins
The Oyster Gardener Geography (Primary)
Students will explore why water environments so important to people and this influences how they are managed. Invite your students to consider local environments that are important to themselves and compare them with Jolie’s experiences in the film.
1hr 30mins
Learning about our local waterways
Inspire your students to learn about their local waterways and marine ecosystems, and how young people can play a role in conservation.
2hrs 30mins
The importance of planting native plants
Engage students with native planting with an experiment to investigate water loss from different plants.
2hrs 27mins
The seaweed solution (UK)
In this lesson, students will access information about seaweed farming and greenhouse gas emissions and use percentages, ratios, and fractions to solve problems. Students will also investigate the relationship between seaweed farming, the health benefits of eating seaweed and climate change. They will use this information to develop an infographic that uses numbers to convince their peers to eat more seaweed.
2hrs 30mins
The seaweed solution (US)
In this lesson, students will access information about seaweed farming and greenhouse gas emissions and use percentages, ratios, and fractions to solve problems. Students will also investigate the relationship between seaweed farming, the health benefits of eating seaweed and climate change. They will use this information to develop an infographic that uses numbers to convince their peers to eat more seaweed.
