Resources for students and teachers

The outreach program has been designed for students in Years 5 to 8. Access the following program
resources below:

  • the Student navigator, which packages all student resources together and provides additional activities and materials to complement the online activities
  • the Teacher navigator, which contains professional learning resources that help teachers to present the outreach program to students
  • other individual online resources.
  • Discovering Wetlands: teacher navigator

    Discovering Wetlands: teacher navigator

    The Teacher navigator provides you with support and ideas for exploring the Discovering Wetlands outreach program with your students. A Student navigator is also available.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: student navigator

    Discovering Wetlands: student navigator

    Start with the Student navigator to begin your Discovering Wetlands journey! The navigator connects the interactives that lead you to your investigation of wetland environments.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: talk with the experts

    Discovering Wetlands: talk with the experts

    Interview three scientists working in the field of Australian wetlands. Select from a range of questions to ask each expert and discover more about wetland environments. Find out what what started each expert's interest in wetlands. Ask them about their individual career paths and research, as well as about opportunities for students.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: virtual tour

    Discovering Wetlands: virtual tour

    Visit Ecolinc with this virtual tour and make observations about the plant life, macroinvertebrates, water chemistry and physical features that make up the wetland at Ecolinc.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: macroinvertebrate ID tool

    Discovering Wetlands: macroinvertebrate ID tool

    Identify the creatures that inhabit wetlands called macroinvertebrates. Use the filters to identify the macroinvertebrates, and select your favourites to add to the lightbox for further examination.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: wetlands through the seasons

    Discovering Wetlands: wetlands through the seasons

    Observe the wetland and investigate the features that change over a year. Factors such as high or low rainfall in a year have an impact on the wetland's growth. Gather data on your wetland and predict the possible effects these might have on the living organisms of the system.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: interactive quiz

    Discovering Wetlands: interactive quiz

    Test your knowledge of macroinvertebrates. Tackle four rounds in the quiz: the word jumble, matching descriptions and images, multiple-choice questions and the final quiz.

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  • Discovering Wetlands: managing wetland ecosystems

    Discovering Wetlands: managing wetland ecosystems

    A thriving wetland environment requires a specific balance of elements. Build a wetland ecosystem. You can choose water depth and source, types of land and aquatic plants and physical features such as logs.

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