Discover how plastics and other pollutants enter the ocean, the impact they have on marine life, and what we can do to reduce the problem.

What’s Included

• Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Activity Sheet(s) (PDF)
• Lesson Slides (PDF)

Learning Outcomes

→ Understand how plastic pollution affects ocean ecosystems.

→ Identify the impacts on animals, habitats, and food webs.

→ Explore solution to reduce waste and protect the ocean.

Examine how humans depend on fish and seafood, and learn how overfishing and bycatch affect ocean ecosystems and the balance of marine food webs.

What’s Included

• Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Activity Sheet(s) (PDF)
• Lesson Slides (PDF)

Learning Outcomes

→ Understand how fishing connects humans to ocean food webs

→ Identify the effects of overfishing and unsustainable practices

→ Recognise sustainable fishing as part of the solution

Explore how climate change impacts the ocean through warming waters, rising seas, and ocean acidification — and what this means for marine life and people.

What’s Included

• Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Activity Sheet(s) (PDF)
• Lesson Slides (PDF)

Learning Outcomes

→ Understand how the ocean regulates climate and absorbs carbon

→ Recognise the impacts of warming, acidification, and sea-level rise

→ Explore how human actions can help slow climate change

From early voyagers to modern submarines, trace how people have explored the ocean and how new technologies help us unlock its mysteries today.

What’s Included

• Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Activity Sheet(s) (PDF)
• Lesson Slides (PDF)

Learning Outcomes

→ Recognise historical milestones in ocean exploration

→ Understand how technology reveals new discoveries

→ Explore why continued ocean exploration is important