Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority- Reef Guardian School Program

Year joined

2003

Number of teachers

Year levels

Management Agency for the Great Barrier Reef

Number of students

Federal Government agency that manages the Great Barrier Reef. As part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, we are mandated to provide education about this World Heritage site. To assist this education, we partner with Reef Guardian Schools to empower future stewards of the Reef.

Contact

235 Stanley Street
Townsville QLD 4810
Australia

Telephone

4750 0700

reefguardians@gbrmpa.gov.au

Website

https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/

News

Challenge 8. Protect the Reef Skit - Winners and Highly Commended

Challenge 8. Working in small groups, create a skit of a superhero adopting simple everyday actions to protect reefs. Record the skit and submit a video for judging.

22 October 2025

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Challenge 3. Coastal Ecosystems Micro-museum - Senior School Winners

Challenge 3. Make a micro-museum of three coastal ecosystems and produce a short video to explain how they are interconnected.

20 October 2025

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Challenge 6. Drain Art - Winners and Highly Commended

Challenge 6. Design artwork for a drain in your school that brings attention to the issue of litter that makes it's way through waterways and becomes marine debris. Take a photo of your finished artwork and include an artist's statement.

19 October 2025

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Challenge 5. Water Quality News Reel - Primary School Winners and Highly Commended

Challenge 5. Water quality is declining on the Great Barrier Reef. Write a short newsreel and record yourself as the presenter explaining how water gets contaminated as it flows from land to sea, and how this can affect marine life and the environment.

18 October 2025