These resources, which include teacher guides, identification and fact sheets, games and activities, are grouped according to the topics and programmes they support.
Fish
- Fish wordfind (PDF)
- Sleeping with fish (PDF)
Seashore and intertidal
- Ecology of the NZ rocky shore (PDF)
- NZ rocky shore activity book (PDF)
- Are you a survivor? (PDF)
- Crab study (PDF)
- The lifecycle of a shore crab (PDF)
- The lifecycle of a shore crab poster (PDF)
- The lifecycle of a shore crab game (PDF)
- Seashore code poster (PDF)
- Northern NZ rocky shore guide (PDF)
- Southern NZ rocky shore guide (PDF)
- Life on the rocky shore information sheet (PDF)
- Rocky shore who eats who? Educational colouring book (PDF)
- Mudflat mysteries educational activity book (PDF)
- Northern NZ Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide (PDF)
- Southern NZ Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide (PDF)
- Northern NZ rocky shore guide A1 poster (PDF)
- Northern NZ sandy and muddy shore guide A1 poster (PDF)
- Southern NZ rocky shore guide A1 poster (PDF)
- Southern NZ sandy and muddy shore guide A1 poster (PDF)
- Life between the tides poster (PDF)
- Life in a rock pool poster (PDF)
- Quadrat game (PDF)
- Mudflat mysteries game cards (PDF)
Te reo Māori resources
- Māori mudflat mysteries - ngā kōraha māminga (PDF)
- Māori rocky shore who eats who - te akau pōhatuhatu: Ka kai ā wai i ā wai (PDF)
- Māori northern NZ rocky shore guide (PDF)
- Māori northern NZ sandy and muddy shore guide (PDF)
- Māori southern NZ rocky shore guide (PDF)
- Māori southern NZ sandy and muddy shore guide (PDF)
- Māori rocky shore bingo: Wharewhare takutai toka (PDF)
New Zealand marine mammals and birds
Human impact
Pollution
- Big fish, little Fish, survival in the estuary (PDF)
- Marine toxins (PDF)
- Environmental action planner (PDF)
Ocean acidification
- The ocean of tomorrow: Ocean acidification and the marine world (PDF)
- CARIM acidification studies poster (PDF)
- The ocean of tomorrow presentation - part 1 (PDF)
- The ocean of tomorrow presentation - part 2 (PDF)
- The ocean of tomorrow presentation - part 3 (PDF)
- The ocean of tomorrow presentation - part 4 (PDF)
- The ocean of tomorrow presentation - part 5 (PDF)
Climate change
- Under the wharf (PDF)
Molluscs (Snails, Bivalves, Octopus and Squid)
- Karunui's tentacles activity book (PDF)
- Squid posters (PDF)
- Squid diorama (PDF)
- Secrets of the squid squad (PDF)
- Deep ccean dive game (PDF)
- Octopus home (PDF)
- All about shells (PDF)
- All about shells poster (PDF)
- Shell key poster (PDF)
Early childhood / Junior Primary
- Aquarium acrostics (PDF)
- Colour me in (PDF)
- Hector's Dolphin (PDF)
- Scavenger hunt (PDF)
- Ocean puppet show episode 1
- Ocean puppet show episode 2
Resource series
A look at a range of marine topics narrated by Soak the Shag puppet.
- Shags/Cormorants
Shags/Cormorants – worksheet (PDF) - Fish
Fish – worksheet (PDF) - Seals
Seals – worksheet (PDF) - Plankton
Plankton – worksheet (PDF) - Sponges and seaweeds
Seaweeds – worksheet (PDF) - Food webs
Parasites – worksheet (PDF) - Crabs
Crabs – worksheet (PDF)