Managing GBRMP
Middle School & Senior Secondary
The Great Barrier Reef is under pressure and everything we do on the reef, along the shore and even on the land affects this diverse and fragile ecosystem. The plant and animal communities that make up the Great Barrier Reef need to be protected. In this Reef HQ Education Program students initiate investigations into the challenges and tools of natural resource management within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Students will be empowered to understand the need for sustainable management practices and take actions to ensure adherence to best environmental practices.
Curriculum Links
Completing this Reef HQ Education Program will develop students' ability to:
- Ability to recall learned factual material in text and spatial forms. For example facts, concepts, key ideas, theories and explanations;
- Ability to break material into its component parts, thus identifying trends, similarities, differences and patterns;
- Understand the meaning of information by transforming, interpreting or extrapolating;
- Establishing the validity and reliability of information;
- Identifying relationships of differing complexity;
- Suggest causes for some of those relationships;
- Identify anomalies in the information;
- Evaluating alternative proposals, strategies, solutions or plans;
- Applying appropriate criteria for evaluation;
- Making judgements/decisions about alternatives;
- Justifying the decision with reasoned and logical arguments;
- Design a research plan relevant to the purpose;
- Gather and record information from a variety of sources and settings;
- Organise information prior to analysis and decision making;
- Reference and acknowledge sources;
- Use appropriate formats when presenting the results of learning experiences; and
- Integrate, where appropriate, the use of maps, diagrams, statistics and referencing adhering to set conventions.
The following unit includes suggestions for activities that can be completed before and after your Reef HQ visit.
Reef HQ Visit
This teacher resource is linked to a class visit to Reef HQ. The Reef HQ visit will enable students to:
- Gain an appreciation for the complexity and fragility of the Great Barrier Reef;
- Investigate the effects of humans on the Great Barrier Reef;
- Explore sustainable reef use options; and
- Propose alternative management solutions and justify decisions with examples.
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