We recognise how important it is to educate and engage people about water for the environment and the vital role it plays in maintaining and improving the health of our rivers, wetlands and floodplains. This includes the plants and animals that depend on these waterways.
We have developed these education resources, some in partnership with other organisations, to support students, teachers and parents in their learning and teaching.
High school students
These resources have been created to support teachers and senior students learn about aquatic ecosystems, water for the environment and how it is used and managed:
- Rivers: Sharing our water Teacher resource – teacher resource for Stages 4 and 5 (Years 7, 8, 9 and 10) geography and science
- Rivers: Sharing our water Student workbook – student workbook to accompany teacher resource.
Primary school students
These resources have been developed to help primary school students (Stages 1–3 or kindergarten to Years 5–6) and teachers learn about plants and animals that live in our waterways and how important water is to their survival:
- River Champions colouring poster (PDF 11MB)
- Wild wetlands colouring sheet (PDF 211KB) – a colouring sheet for Stage 1 to any age
- Water for the Environment find-a-word (PDF 112KB) – take a journey through the rivers and wetlands of inland NSW. Find all 55 words and mark them off the list.
- The Southern Bell Frog Story – a colouring book for Stage 1 to any age
- Bittern or Bust – an interactive game about the endangered Australasian bittern.
Watch video of environmental water in action
Macquarie Marshes: environmental outcomes of the 2016–17 floods