Your Mission:
Make a pact with a friend not to eat Swordfish or Shark.
We have now fished up to 90% of world's large fish and an ever increasing number of species are faced with extinction.
Swordfish and some species of shark are 'the tigers of the ocean' - beautiful preditors in extreme peril. However unlike tigers their plight is largely unknown and despite their desperately low numbers they still find themselves served up a steaks for the BBQ.
You can do your bit by choosing to buy more sustainably caught seafood such as barramundi to lower the demand for threatened and endangered species. For a guide to sustainable seafood (click to download guide)
Education
The Marine Discovery Centre has been running primary school
education programs since 2002 teaching over 15,000 children about the marine environment.
"The best day in 3 years of school" - Mrs Guneeta Dhingra, Al Faisal College Y2.
Hands-on excursions really bring units of work to life for students.
Our Marine Biologist Guides will ensure your class not only achieves the syllabus outcomes but also has a fun day full of learning!
Guided Rock pool Discovery Tours are the highlight. A hands-on investigation of the amazing marine life that lives on the rock platforms around Sydney. Discover the structure, function and amazing adaptations of these local marine organisms; learn sustainable recreational fishing practices; investigate properties of seawater using Hydrometers; discover our Aboriginal heritage through rock engravings and then link it all together by looking at man’s impact on our local environments through fun and education games on the beach.
These comprehensive, fun-filled excursions ideally complement Units of Work focusing on Outcomes from the Science & Technology Syllabus Strands, Living Things and Earth and its Surroundings; in addition to HSIE Syllabus Strands Environments and Change and Continuity (among others); and PDHPE Safe Living Outcomes; as well as the Environmental Education Policy for Schools all in a highly engaging and entertaining day out at The Beach.
Each class booking will receive a DVD on the marine life of Sydney, for pre-excursion activities
*Bookings are essential & strictly limited. Minimum class size 20 students
**Cost: $12:00 pp in Terms 1&4 and $10:00pp in Terms 2&3 (Teachers and Adult Helpers FREE)
These fun-filled excursions are delivered with the generous assistance of our education partners, the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust / NSW Dept. of Primary Industries; our conservation partners, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and our long-term host partner, Waverley Council.