Primary Incursions
Our ocean themed Primary Science Incursions are linked to the Australian National Curriculum and delivered by enthusiastic, highly qualified Marine Educators. They provide an interactive hands-on experience with our diverse range of live marine animals, bringing curriculum learning to life and inspiring children to take responsibility for the ocean.
Programs may be tailored to suit requirement, including group excursions and beach walks to areas of interest such as key habitat locations.
Live Marine Animal Interaction
Baby Bamboo Shark, Fresh Water Turtle, Blue Linckia Seastars, Thorny Seastars, Tropical Sea Cucumber, Black Sea Cucumber, Sea Urchins
Marine Activity Station
Fascinating marine artefacts, shark jaws, odd and interesting ocean shells, replica sea creatures, marine reference guides
Educational Marine Resources
FREE thorough supporting marine themed information – videos, activities, worksheets and more
Program duration: 60 minutes (may vary for excursions)
FREE Colourful Kids Bookmark – FREE Risk Assessment – FREE Coming To Visit Poster
“Your professionalism, enthusiasm, vibrancy and love for what you do enabled the students to experience something different and special. The content and resources you brought along were most engaging and the students haven’t stopped talking about the special ocean creature… A superb and very worthwhile visit”.
St Joachim’s School, Holland Park
Ocean Curriculum Themes
My Habitat my Home
Students will:
- Learn that living things have basic needs to survive
- Understand that for an area to be an animal’s habitat they require four basic needs: food, shelter, water and air (oxygen)
- Investigate and observe sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and baby sharks to discover how they are adapted to their habitat
- Discover different marine habitats – open ocean, coral reef, rocky shore, mangrove, sea grass and sandy beach
- Understand the variety of organisms that live in these habitats
- Find out why different animals live in different habitats
- Understand the connection between plants and animals – how they depend on each other in the marine environment to survive
- Learn about the impact of seasonal changes, human activities, and natural events on habitats and organisms
Life Cycles – The Birth and Growth of Animals
Students will:
- Learn different marine animals can reproduce and be born in different ways
- Find out different marine animals also have different growth stages
- Explore the life cycle of fish compared to a sea star
- Discover the various ways different shark species are born
Human Impact – The Earth Under Threat
Our conservation & pollution messages aim to influence how students care for the marine environment in their daily lives.
Students will:
- Learn what humans do can harm the marine environment
- Identify how changes to the marine environment; like weather patterns, land clearing, over-fishing and pollution, affect it, its creatures and us
- Realise individuals can make a difference in caring for the marine environment and the need for all humans to accept personal responsibility for protecting it
Classification
Students will:
- Discover scientific classification – the grouping of living things according to their observed features, the way they function and how they adapt to survive
- Understand why animals are classified into groups
- Discover similarities and differences between different marine animals
- Learn the importance of communicating scientifically
- Undertake simple classification of marine animals
Adaptation and Animal Behaviour
Students will:
- Understand how animals adapt to their specific habitat to move, feed and survive predation
- Learn that animals may alter these characteristics to suit a changing marine environment
Ocean Literacy
- Discover language and vocabulary surrounding marine life and the environment
- Obverse sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, baby shark & freshwater turtle
- Ocean literacy and marine vocabulary can be incorporated into writing units or persuasive texts
Beach Walks & Excursions
Beach Walk Excursion – Hidden Treasure
Children explore beach habitats (such as a sandy beach, rocky foreshore, or mangrove) guided by a professional marine educator
Students will:
- Discover a beach is not barren but full of hidden life
- Explore the important link the beach provides between land and sea
- Understand the importance of beaches to the marine environment
- Explore and discover the origin of sand
- Consider and learn what we can all do to protect our marine habitats and oceans.
“Everyone was so impressed and Richard exceeded our expectations. He was very entertaining whilst being educational. To hold the kids attention for as long as he did is impressive!”
Tas Winkler, Pumicestone Homeschoolers. Habitats: Beach/ Mangrove Excursion. Bribie Island. Oct 2023.
Primary School Events
Interactive Marine Display
Our Interactive Marine Displays are great for larger events such as Science Week, School Fun Days and Under 8s Day. They enable larger volumes of students to ‘walk through’ and interact with the marine animals and include a short talk at the displays
Online Sharks Kids Course & Curriculum Resources
Sharks Resources / Sharks Kids Course
Our online shark’s course includes engaging curriculum themed teaching resources and activities, designed to educate kids using an iconic and fascinating subject. Teachers may download a host of resources to support teaching or children can complete the course alone and be awarded an impressive, personalised certificate.
Themes include: Adaptation, Human Impact, Food Webs, Natural Selection, Classification & Habitats
Material: Themed shark videos, activities, worksheets, diagrams & infographics and quizzes.
Suits education year 2-7. Cost $20 – call us to discuss group discounts: 07 5443 8545