Resources

Sustainability teaching resources

Check out the new Sustainability section of the Department of Education's curriculum website to learn about Environmental and Zoo Education Centres (EZEC) and great sustainability resources, policy and information.

• Sustainability cross-curriculum priority
• Getting started with sustainability in schools
• ABC Education
• Adrift
• Interactive e-books by Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre
• 10 tips for eco-friendly gardening

Geography

• Geographical toolkit for schools
• Climate change: vital signs of the planet: images-of-change
• CoastAdapt

Mapping

• Google Earth timelapse
• SIX maps
• Scribble maps

Aboriginal education

• Dharawal resources from Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation
• Indigenous weather knowledge
• MGoals | goals for living and learning

Sustainability action

• TerraCycle
• Take 3
• Eco-schools Australia
• Earth hour Australia
• Nude food day (waste-free lunches)

Citizen science

• Australian Citizen Science Association
• School of ants Australia
• ClimateWatch
• Royal Botanic Garden - hollows as homes
• Streamwatch - Australian Museum
• Feather map of Australia project | ANSTO Feather map
• ANSTO plastics project
• Help us understand Sydney's Cockatoos - Australian Museum
• Education | project Noah
• BIRDS in BACKYARDS
• BDRS | home
• Cicadarama
• Frog ID

Invertebrates

• Insects - Australian Museum
• Bugwise - Australian Museum

Animals

• Animals - Australian Museum
• BirdLife Australia