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Ships and the Marine Environment
Staying afloat
How ships float
Cargo plans
Mobile fluid
Ballast water
Maximum cargo
The journey of a container
Why containers?
Exporting and importing
Containers arriving in ports
Unloading a container ship 1
Unloading a container ship 2
A new load of containers
Checking cargo
Roads and rail into ports
Tracking containers
A quick turnaround
The journey of bulk cargoes
Bulk cargo holds
Loading
Unloading
Transporting LNG
Transporting LPG
Cleaning cargo holds
A quick turnaround
LNG, a fuel with a future
Marine environment - What if?
Protecting the sea
Types of pollution
Causes of oil pollution
Causes of chemical pollution
Other pollution from ships
Air pollution
Most efficient transport
Other boats and pollution
Australia's response to spills
What happens with toilets?
Simulations
Tipping tanker
Balast Water
Sinking container ship
Curriculum materials
Glossary
Links
Acknowledgments 1
Acknowledgements 2
Acknowledgements 3
Ports and the Marine Environment
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Year 9 Geography activities
Port facilities
Shelter from weather
Access to Transport
Pier
Wharf
Bollards
Container cranes
Mobile cranes
Forklift
Straddle carriers
Bulk Loaders
Conveyor belts
Bulk grabs
Hoppers
Organisations in ports
Role of ports
Types of ships
Who runs a port?
Types of ships continued
Safety and the environment
Role of stevedores
Quarantine
Customs and immigration
Harbour Master
Fire and emergencies
Port security
Harbour pilots
Tug boats
Mooring and lines people
Bunker barge
Ship's agent
Ship's chandler
The marine environment
Some risks
International laws
Ship's rubbish
Ship cleaning
Emtying the bilge
Ship emergency plan
Ballast water
Loading fuel
Port pollution response
Skimmers
Floating boom
Monitoring the environment
The port's local community
Ports and employment
Ports add wealth
On the international map
Trade and commerce
Environmental impact
Curriculum materials
Glossary
Links
Acknowledgements 1
Acknowledgements 2
Acknowledgements 3
Marine Stormwater Pollution
Marine Wildlife
Biodiversity
The sea
Intertidal zone
Surface
What is the marine problem?
Entanglement of wildlife
Ingestion of plastic
Pollution of the Sea
Destruction of habitat
Our health and safety
Beach cleaning
Pollution warnings
How does it happen?
Urban stormwater drains
Stormwater and sewerage system
Where some of the pollution starts
From farm to sea
Our rivers cop it too
Who's done it?
Litter
Cigarette butts
Doggy doo
Grass and leaves
Fertiliser and garden chemicals
Sewage
Oil from leaking vehicles
Car sump oil
Chemicals down drains
Using the hose
Sediment
What we can do
Reduce littering
Pick up after doggy
Reduce watering the garden
Washing the car
Safe disposal of chemicals
That oil-leaking car
Keep gutters clean
Building sites
Reporting polluters
What governments are doing
Litter traps
Stormwater ponds
Beach cleaning
Education
Household chemical pick-ups
Your local beach
Swimming at your beach
Link between litter and water pollution
Helping entangled wildlife
Measuring beach litter
Ships and marine pollution
The ship’s bilge
Avoiding oil leaks
The ship’s rubbish and sewage
Waste from fishers
Recreational boating, litter and fishing tackle
AUSMEPA’s ship members
Marine Pollution Prevention Regulations
Curriculum materials
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Links
Poster
Effects of Climate Change on Coral Bleaching
Living Coral
Complexity and biodiversity
Structure of a coral polyp
Laying down the reef
Symbiotic relationship
Other special relationships
Where can coral reefs grow?
Coral Bleaching
Why did the symbiotic algae leave home?
Death of coral polyps
Climate
Greenhouse gases and climate change
Warmer seas
Don’t be confused, don’t be mislead!
Other nasty surprises
CoralWatch
Going deeper
What can we do?
What I can do
What my family can do
What my school can do
Ocean transport
Energy Efficient Transport
Reducing Oil Pollution
Reducing Air Pollution
Going Deeper
Where will it end?
Curriculum materials
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Links
Poster
Pests
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The invaders
Who are the invaders?
Northern Pacific Seastar
European fan worm
European shore crab
Black-striped mussel
Dead man's fingers
Japanese kelp
Ballast water hitchhikers
Why do ships need ballast?
The issue
Issue continued
Facts
Managing ballast water
CSIRO Media Release
Action - Australia and countries
More action
Hull fouling
Issue
Facts
Inside the sea chest!
Action - International
Action - Australia
Science and industry
We can take action
Issue
The facts
Ship and boat action
Boat owner's actions
Other actions
Curriculum material
Glossary
Links
Rockpools
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Ecology
What is a rockpool?
Tides, salt and heat
Pounding waves
Rocks and crevices
Sand
Safety and conservation
Rocks can be slippery
Waves
Stormwater pollution
Protecting rockpools
Suncream and drinks
Handling creatures
Dangerous creatures
Safety code
Seaweeds and seagrass
Seaweed introduction
Brown seaweeds
Green seaweed
Red seaweed
Seagrass
Beach material
No frills animals
Sponges
Sea jellies
Sea anemones
Echinoderms
Sea stars
Brittle stars
Sea urchins
Sea cucumbers
Molluscs
Chitons
Limpets
Browsing snails
Carnivorous snails
Nudibranchs
Bivales
Octopuses
Crustaceans
Shrimp
Lobster
Swimming crabs
Rockpool crabs
Hermit crabs
Sand hoppers
Barnacles
Worms
Tube worm
Fan worm
Polycheate
Fish and sea squirts
Sea squirt
Shark eggs
Blennies
Toadfish
Cowfish
Juvenile fish
Curriculum material
Rockpool excursions
MDC Victoria - Queenscliff
MDC NSW - Ballina
MDC NSW - Bondi Beach
NSW - Hastings Point
Central Coast MDC - Terrigal
MDC NSW - Eden
MDC SA - Henley Beach
MDC Tasmania - Woodbridge
MDC WA - Bunbury
MDC WA - Sunset Coast
Ed Centre Qld - Boyne Is
Ed Centre Qld- Nudgee Beach
Ed Centre QLD - Moreton Bay
Ed Centre Qld - Bilai
Ed Centre Qld - Jacobs Well
Ed Centre - Holloways Beach
Ed Centre - North Keppel Island
Ed Centre Qld - Tallebudgera
Links
Acknowledgments
Mangroves
Antarctica and the southern Oceans
Krill
The Antarctic food web
Ice and ocean
Glaciers
Icebergs
Currents
Wild seas and weather
Marine Mammals
Humpback Whales
Orca
Minke Whale
Weddell Seal
NZ Sea Lion
NZ Sea Lion birth
Australian Fur Seal
Penguins
Little Penguin
King Penguin
Gentoo Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin
Adélie penguin
African Penguin
Snares Crested Penguin
Rockhopper Pengiun
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Fiordland crested penguin
Remarkable birds
Albatrosses
Nesting Albatrosses
Skua
Giant Petrel
Storm Petrel
Antarctic Tern
Campbell Is Snipe
Auckland Is Teal
NZ Sub-Antarctic Islands
The Snares
Campbell Is
Auckland Island
Research bases
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Remove all waste
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Whaling
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Seajelly
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Nutty fish
Open ocean
Open Boat
Turtle Toddlers
Turtle mum
Rocky reef
Seagrass
Seagrass porthole
Sea cucumber
Using plants
Fish leaf carving
Window sill garden
Wavescapes
News
Be a news reporter
News Flash
World Ocean Day
Rescued swan release
That's a lot of shipping
Trawler kills seals dolphins
Science $$$$$
Ukraine students
Melting glaciers
Goodbye waders
Dredging the reef
Whale migration
New seadragon
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Rain Stick
Thunder Drum part a
Thunder Drum part b
Sand Swisher
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Photo Survey
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Locations and Subjects
Inter-tidal zone
Beach
Structures and tracks
Coastal vegetation
Roads and development
Drainage and streams
Unusual events
How To
How a GPS Works
Pinpointing locations
Photographic techniques
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filing systems
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Coastcare groups
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