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School Excursions: Metropolitan region education program

Explore our Metropolitan region education program for Hillarys based excursions.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 20.12.2023

Hillarys School Excursion: Science of Sampling

How many different types of plants, algae and animals are below the water’s surface? How many different species of fish are out there to look at when you go diving, or to catch when you go fishing? How does a fisheries scientist determine how many fish are in the sea?

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 24.05.2023

Poster: Bringing the Beach to You – West Coast (Secondary)

Explore the classification of beach flotsam and jetsam of the West Coast bioregion.

Resource type: PosterLast updated: 26.04.2023

Hillarys School Excursion: Aquaculture 101

In this activity, students learn about the benefits and limitations of aquaculture as a farming technique. Students will also learn about Western Australia’s key aquaculture species, the types of aquaculture systems used across the state, and the practiced used to manage the organisms in these systems.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 26.04.2023

Hillarys School Excursion: Reef Transect

Come and discover what is found on Perth’s limestone reef and conduct an ecosystem survey using transects and quadrats.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022

Hillarys School Excursion: Rock Lobster: Shake, Settle & Roll

In this activity, students will learn about the biology of the iconic Western rock lobster, how Western rock lobster are managed by fishery scientists and DPIRD, and how currents and other environmental factors influence this valuable fishery.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022

Hillarys School Excursion: Fish of Ages

In this activity, students will learn the role ageing fish plays in the sustainable management of fish populations. Students will learn how and why fisheries scientists age fish, then try their hand at ageing prepared microscope slides of sectioned fish otoliths.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022

Hillarys School Excursion: Fisheries Management

This interactive activity gives students an overview of some of the fisheries management tools the Department applies to recreational fishing activity to sustainably manage our aquatic resources.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022

Hillarys School Excursion: Aquatic Natural Resource Management

This introductory session asks students to reflect on their relationship with the marine environment and describes the role the Department plays in managing Western Australia’s aquatic resources and environments.

Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022

Fact Sheet: Whale Shark

Despite their huge size, whale sharks are docile, filter feeders that cruise the world's oceans looking for plankton.

Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Student Worksheet: Extraction to analysis

This worksheet is associated with the Lesson: Ageing fish

Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 26.05.2022

Teacher Resource Sheet: Comparing quadrats

This is a post excursion resource associated with the Excursion: Reef transect.

Resource type: Teacher Resource SheetLast updated: 24.02.2022

Reef Transect

Resource type: UnitLast updated: 24.02.2022

Teacher Guide: Reef Transect

Come and discover what is found on Perth's limestone reef and conduct an ecosystem survey using transects and quadrats.

Resource type: Teacher GuideLast updated: 24.02.2022

Student Worksheet: Reef transect – species record sheet

This student worksheet is associated with Hillarys school excursion: Reef transect and Teacher Guide: Reef transect

Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 03.02.2022

Presentation: Reading sectioned Black Bream otoliths

This presentation is associated with the Lesson: Counting rings

Resource type: PresentationLast updated: 15.09.2021

Fact Sheet: Fish Anatomy

Fishes are a large and varied group of aquatic animals. Worldwide, there are over 32,000 described species, with over 4,400 in Australia (Australian Museum).

Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 26.08.2021

Student Resource Sheet: Reading sectioned Black bream otoliths

This student resource sheet is associated with the Lesson: Counting rings

Resource type: Student Resource SheetLast updated: 30.07.2021

Student Worksheet: Reading sectioned Black bream otoliths

This student worksheet is associated with the Lesson: Counting rings

Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 30.07.2021

Teacher Resource Sheet: Reading whole Australian herring otoliths – suggested answers

This teacher resource sheet is associated with the Lesson: Counting rings

Resource type: Teacher Resource SheetLast updated: 30.07.2021

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