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In celebration of World Ocean Day in June, Coastcare Victoria announced two brand new Coastcare Victoria Schools Kit lesson modules, with all lesson plans aligned to the Victorian Education Curriculum.

The Coastcare Victoria Schools Kit features lesson plans, quizzes, games, videos and worksheet investigations to take into any indoor or outdoor classroom (Grade 5-8). All teachers and educators across schools, government and community organisations can use this kit for free year-round. The Schools Kit celebrates coastal and marine science for every Victorian student to enjoy, and foster ongoing environmental stewardship into the future.

New lesson: Coastal Custodians, Citizens and Scientists

Through this lesson, students will develop an understanding on:

• scientific illustrations vs. scientific diagrams
• data collected by scientists and citizen scientists
• scientific meanings of everyday words
• creating scientific posters. 

New lesson: Islands and Invasive Species

Through this lesson, students will develop an understanding on:

• researching and recording geographical terms
• creating accurate maps
• describing new species based on life history traits
• drawing the distribution of species in an ecosystem.

To access the new lessons in the Schools Kit, visit here.

If you have further questions about the Schools Kit, please reach out to coastcare.victoria@deeca.vic.gov.au.