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Reef at Risk

Middle School & Senior Secondary

In this Reef HQ Education Program students initiate investigations into natural and human induced threats to the Great Barrier Reef. They pursue investigations about ways individuals, communities, industry and Government can protect, manage and conserve the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Curriculum Links

Completing this Reef HQ Education Program will develop students' ability to:

  • Frame questions and identify sources of information about threats to the Great Barrier Reef;
  • Present information to explore key ideas;
  • Choose suitable techniques to achieve a group purpose;
  • Describe how people's beliefs and practices influence the ways they interact with places;
  • Describe responses of different elements (including people) to changes in natural systems;
  • Interpret people's motives and actions from various perspectives;
  • Identify the types of data required and sources required by a task and decide how they will be used to gain information;
  • Translate information from one form into another;
  • Evaluate ideas concerning sustainability to identify who may benefit and who may be disadvantaged from changes to industries and environments;
  • Evaluate the relationship between an ecological system and a government and/or economic system; and
  • Explore principles related to sustainable resource management.

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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Cyclones & Human Activity - Challenge Activity
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Natural Predators & Runoff - Challenge Activity
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Reef at Risk - Teaching Unit
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Testing Water Quality - Challenge Activity
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Water Quality - Challenge Activity
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Wave Energy - Challenge Activity
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