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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

Student Worksheet: Bony fish anatomy – Whiting species SS

This worksheet is associated with the Lesson: Fish Dissection - Senior Secondary

Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 14.12.2022

Teacher Resource Sheet: Bony fish anatomy – Whiting species

This teacher resource sheet is associated with the Lessons: Fish Dissection and Fish Dissection - Senior Secondary.

Resource type: Teacher Resource SheetLast updated: 14.12.2022

Student Worksheet: Bony fish anatomy – Australian herring SS

This worksheet is associated with the Lesson: Fish Dissection - Senior Secondary

Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 14.12.2022

Teacher Resource Sheet: Bony fish anatomy – Australian herring

This teacher resource sheet is associated with the Lessons: Fish Dissection and Fish Dissection - Senior Secondary.

Resource type: Teacher Resource SheetLast updated: 14.12.2022

Lesson: What’s a Fish (Year 3)

Students will investigate the characteristics of fish.

Resource type: LessonLast updated: 07.12.2022

Lesson: What’s a Fish? (Year 5)

Students will investigate the features of fish.

Resource type: LessonLast updated: 07.12.2022

Lesson: What’s a Fish? (Year 1)

Students will investigate the external characteristics of fish.

Resource type: LessonLast updated: 07.12.2022

Fun Fact Sheet: Golden Ghost Crab

Have you ever seen holes on the beach that look as though they have been made by someone poking an umbrella in the sand? You may actually have been looking at the burrow of a golden ghost crab.

Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Fun Fact Sheet: Eels

Although snake-like in appearance, eels are not actually related to snakes or the reptile family at all.

Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Fun Fact Sheet: West Australian Seahorse

Swaying in the current, anchored by their grasping tails, seahorses are actually a type of small fish - with bony plates protecting their bodies instead of scales.

Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Fact Sheet: Sawfish

The unusual-looking sawfish family are a type of ray and are therefore related to sharks . Found in both marine and freshwater, these predatory fish derive their name from their long snouts lines with sharp points. An identification and general information guide on Sawfish.

Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Fact Sheet: Marron

Marron are the largest freshwater crayfish in Western Australia and the third largest freshwater crayfish on Earth. Find out more about the biology of these freshwater species in this fact sheet.

Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Fact Sheet: Sharks

Of the 370-plus shark species in the world, more than 100 species live in Western Australian waters. This fact sheet provides general information about the biology of sharks, protected species and their vulnerability to overfishing.

Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Fact Sheet: Western Rock Lobster

Colourful and protected by a strong carapace, the western rock lobster is one of the family of 'spiny' lobsters - and the target of WA's largest and most valuable fishery. This fact sheet explores the basic biology of the western rock lobster.

Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022

Lesson: Fish Dissection

Students will conduct a fish dissection to examine and identify the internal anatomy of a bony fish and learn how these features enable the fish to survive.

Resource type: LessonLast updated: 06.04.2022

Lesson: What’s the difference? (Year 1)

Students will compare and contrast features between a whale (a mammal) and a whale shark (a fish).

Resource type: LessonLast updated: 30.03.2022

Lesson: Gyotaku

Students will create a fish print using a species of bony fish.

Resource type: LessonLast updated: 30.03.2022

Video: Fish Dissection

Dissection of an Australian herring

Resource type: VideoLast updated: 24.02.2022

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

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