Marine educational resource links
Starfish
Student and teacher resource from Ministry of Fisheries with activities, fact sheets and other resources for the fisheries study of economics, science, social studies and geography.
Southern Seabird Solutions
(Year 1 - 4.) Seabird Solutions Trust fact sheets and lesson plans offer students an opportunity to explore the lives of seabirds.Living Sea
The Living Sea is a resource about fish and fishing which supports level 2 and 3 of the Science and Technology Curriculum. It was developed and written by Classroom Teachers for New Zealand Seafood Industry Council.LEARNZ
LEARNZ provides virtual field programmes for all New Zealand registered and provisionally-registered teachers. During a field trip students stay at school but visit places they would never otherwise go to and interact with people they would never meet. Students' participation is supported by online background materials and activities, and is enabled using live audioconferencing, web board and diaries, images and videos uploaded daily.Shellfish, seaweed, and stuff
(Level 2) Intended outcome for the students is to group animals according to their similarities and differences.
Paua pearls
Mick Norton is an entrepreneur who farm paua pearls for local and international markets for paua pearl jewellery. The Online Learning Centre describes the costs, risks and challenges involved in setting up his business, and how pearls are actually made.New opportunities in marine farming
Resource from the Online Learning Centre about marine farming that can be equally rich in opportunities for innovation and growth.Scientific knowledge and Mâori knowledge about mussel biology
(Level 5-6) Mâori traditions and Western science can work together to preserve populations that may be at risk. Resource from the Online Learning Centre where the students research the similarities between the two approaches.
“Clean up Our Coasts” kit
This kit from Sir Peter Blake Trust offer guidance and resource material for anybody interested in undertaking a coastal clean-up.Environmental Game Plan
Fish and Game's Environmental Game Plan education kit. Offline teaching and learning resource with manual activities and video.Sealord Group Ltd
Techlink technological case study on Sealord Group Ltd.By the Sea
(Early childhood, year 1) Educational Solutions' education kit. Offline teaching and learning resource with manual activities.
Our Oceans
(Primary and secondary school) Ministry for the Environment's educational resource with focus on pollution and the human impact.
Up the Creek
New Zealand Biodiversity online teaching learning activities. By focusing on the life cycle of whitebait, this website introduces concepts about biodiversity in waterways.The Waitangi Tribunal and the Motunui-Waitara Claim
Written for the senior geography syllabus, the kit is also suitable for legal studies, history, Mâori studies, science, and social studies pupils. The Motunui-Waitara claim concerned the pollution of coastal reefs in Taranaki. This resource kit emphasises the importance of cultural perceptions and the respecting of cultural differences.
Coastal Activities
(Level 2-4) Environment Waikato Regional Council coastal activities to find out more about coasts and coastal life. Also available a Coast and Us Unit education resource.