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
predators in extreme peril. However unlike tigers their plight is largely
unknown and despite their desperately low numbers they still find themselves
served up as 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
** YES!
We are still running our popular Rockpool Excursions
– and they fit even better with the new syllabus documents!!
The
Marine Discovery Centre has celebrated 14 years of running primary school
excursion programs, teaching over 37,000 children about the
Here’s
what teachers have said about these hands-on excursions:
"After 30 years of teaching
I have found at long last the best excursion ever" – Ms Louise Gibson, Clovelly
Public School YK 2011
Click here
to download the available low tide dates for 2016 AND now 2017! Choose the best
for your school and e-mail [email protected] to reserve your spot.
*Note:
our phone number has changed – it is now a mobile 0425 234 020 (however, for
fast response, please
email!)
Click here to download a sample timetable of activities (program runs 10am to 2pm +/- 30mins depending on travel flexibility – max of 4 classes or 132 stds each day). This new timetable is much more flexible, so please discuss the various options for different Units of Works, student ages and travel time constraints.
Hands-on excursions really bring units of work to
life for students.
Our Marine Biologist Guides ensure your class not only
achieves the syllabus outcomes but also has a fun day full of learning!
The guided Rockpool Discovery Tours are the highlight
- a hands-on investigation of the genuinely ‘wild’ marine life that lives on
the rockplatforms around
*Bookings are essential & strictly limited by the availability of
low tides. Minimum class charge of 20 students (33 max).
**Cost (ExGST): $15.00 pp in 2016; and $16:00
pp in 2017. Teachers
and Adult Helpers FREE.
These fun-filled
excursions are generously sponsored by SAFCOL Sustainable Tuna (buy No Nets
tuna and kill NO turtles or dolphins!). They are also delivered with the
generous assistance of our partners
These comprehensive,
fun-filled excursions ideally complement Units of Work focusing on Outcomes
from the new Science & Technology Syllabus; in addition to the new
Geography Syllabus; and PDHPE; as well as the
Environmental Education Policy for Schools all in a highly engaging and
entertaining day out at The Beach.
Click here to download a sample timetable of activities (program runs 10am to 2pm +/- 30mins depending on travel flexibility – max of 4 classes or 132 stds each day).
Click here
to download the available low tide dates for 2016 and now also 2017, choose
which is best for your school and e-mail [email protected] to reserve your spot.
Or contact us
for further details and bookings
**
Note: The Underwater
Bondi Experience Centre in the front of Bondi Pavilion has had to close because
of funding difficulties – it was open for 4.5 years and educated over 30,000
visitors during that time about the wonders of Sydney’s hidden underwater world
– and most importantly; how to look after it. We are very proud of what it
achieved and are very thankful to all our wonderful partners who helped realise
the dream . Apologies for any inconvenience but we
tried our hardest…….