Educational resources

Restoring and promoting the Derwent Estuary

Activities for teachers


Activities for students


Publications - Derwent specific


Publications - Estuaries in general


Available fromSustainable Living Tasmania:

  • Estuaries - life support systems (Education kit)
  • Forgotten Habitats Matter (Students notes)
  • Living Water Literacy Kit - Living Rivers Levels 1 - 4 (Education Kit)
  • Restoring Wetlands and Waterways: A Guide to Action
  • Wetlands (Education Kit)
Available from Clarence City Council:

  • Caring for ever changing dunes (brochure)
  • Plants for water friendly gardens (booklet)
  • Water conservation (education kit - primary students)
Available from Hobart Water:

  • WaterED (education kit).
Juvenile Spotted Handfish (Brachionichyths hirsutus)
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