For Teachers & Students

Eco-Island Biodiversity Kits

Two object-based learning kits for Middle School, exploring the biodiversity of South Stradbroke Island. Available from Museum Loans. Content and teaching strategies also online. 

• 'Sun/Sand/Salt/Survival' - 52 specimens illustrate how living things survive in diverse island environments
• 'What's on the Menu' - 20 flora & fauna specimens illustrating feeding relationships in the island's woodland

Eco-Online Sustainability Case Study

Student Tasks:      

• Monitor electricity usage. Set and attain eco-targets through ecologically sustainable practices
• Explore and improve the biodiversity of your school
• Recycle your school's garbage while looking at the factors affecting the success of worm farms
• Design a better way to get rid of insect pests
• Historical Snapshots links historical events on South Stradbroke Island to attitudes to land management on the island.
• Won't Tourism Spoil the Environment? Students consider the possible effects of tourism on an island environment, especially in terms of waste management.
• How Sustainable is Couran Cove?, Students develop an understanding of the complexity of issues to be considered when planning for environmental sustainability. Through a co-operative learning exercise.
• Visions of Sustainability. The values of 'sustainability' and 'peace' are examined in terms of the planning for Couran Cove Resort. Students are then encouraged to envision a preferred future for a local place by translating their vision into reality.