The natural assets that we enjoy in the Wet Tropics include our clean water, biodiversity of plants and animals, our communities and climate.  By sharing a knowledge of responsible resource management with our children, we are providing the next generation with the tools they need to make sensible informed decisions about our natural and social capital.  This is important not only for the planners, farmers and decision makers, but also the  broader community who will ultimately provide the backdrop of public opinion against which such decisions are made.

Selected sourcebook modules from Queensland Studies Authority

Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)

Cattle, gold and sugar cane: Working in the past

Science

Life cycles are not all the same
Interactions in the environment
Consequences of interactions in the environment
Explain the variation

Technology

Regenerate the environment - case study

Art

Going bush

Links

Terrain's Biodiversity program

Rainforest Explorer

is available online at http://www.wettropics.gov.au/st/rainforest_explorer/index.htm or as a CDROM (contact the Wet Tropics Management Authority, phone (07) 4052 0555 for a copy).  It contains a wealth of activities and resources about the Wet Tropics rainforests and their plants and animals. The searchable library is packed with resources including rainforest videos, wildlife photos and activity sheets.

The many different activities are designed for use by both students and teachers. All activities are tailored to suit the Queensland school curriculum.

Reef Guardian Schools Program

The Reef Guardian Schools Program encourages schools to commit to the protection and conservation of the world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef.

Visit the Reef Education Website to see a list of schools in Far North Queensland participating in the Reef Guardian Schools Program.

The reefED website is a service of the Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA).

Desirable Locals - ebook about some local species in the Johnstone, Russell and Mulgrave catchments.