Explore the rocky seashore and intertidal zone for creatures at Taylors Mistake or Sumner Beach.
Students discover the amazing adaptations these life forms have made to survive in the coastal environment, and put their creative thinking to work with a design-a-creature challenge.
Year level | 3 to 6 |
Curriculum Level | 1 to 3 |
Availability | Available year round |
Length | 2.5 hours between 10am and 2pm (tide dependent) |
Site | Taylors Mistake Sumner Beach |
Cost | Free |
Number of classes | Maximum of 35 students |
Biodiversity and the interdependence of the rocky shore, sustainability of the resource, human impacts, tidal zones and adaptations.
At the beach your students will observe coastal residents in their real environment, examining their wider habitat and the different zones of life.
Students will consider animal adaptations which help them survive in the rocky shore environment. They will examine the complexity of the relationships between people, and living things at the coast through food chains and human impacts on this special environment.
Students may be able to:
Learning areas | Strand | Curriculum level | Achievement objectives |
Science |
Nature of Science |
1 to 4 |
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Science |
Living World |
1 to 4 |
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Science |
5 |
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Science |
Planet Earth and Beyond |
1 to 4 1 to 2 |
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Social sciences |
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1 |
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Social sciences |
2 |
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Social sciences |
3 |
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Social sciences |
4 |
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Social sciences |
5 |
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Health and physical education |
Healthy Communities and Environments |
1 to 2 |
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"Great knowledge of local habitat and sea creatures" – primary school teacher.