STEM Units

A video of a puppet show about a young turtle growing up and finding her name.

A set of posters that link to the connectivity between rivers and the Great Barrier Reef.

In this handbook you will find all the instructions for the 2022 Eco Challenge. The Eco Challenge aims to build student capacity for eco-entrepreneurship, inquiry learning, real-world problem solving, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) innovation. The focus of the challenge is for students to explore the current and future issues facing the Great Barrier Reef and its connected ecosystems, and work together to develop an eco-friendly idea that could help protect the Reef for future generations.

STEM inquiry-based ideas of how you can incorporate yoyos into your
teaching. The ideas can be modified and linked to ACARA V.9 science in year 1, 4, 7, 8 and
10, science to explore forces (gravity and centrifugal) and motion (kinetic and potential
energy).

This module introduces the Rapid Monitoring survey, and the form used to record your survey data.

Test your knowledge of module one with these review questions.

This module provides details of the timed swim (10 minutes) component of the Eye on the Reef – Rapid Monitoring survey form.

Test your knowledge of module two with these review questions.

This module provides details of the 360° survey (5 metre radius circle) section of the Rapid Monitoring form, including percentage estimation of benthos categories.