Reef beat education series: threats to the Reef

Abstract

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's 2016 Reef Beat education series: Threats to Reef, explores five key threats to the Reef: climate change, coastal development, land-based run-off, impacts of fishing and marine debris. The activity book is broken down into two sections. The first section covers each key threat to the Reef and includes: •background information for teachers explaining each threat to the Reef, how it affects the Reef and what students can do •links to the Reef Beat video series, science curriculum units and other resources for further background information •a profile of a GBRMPA expert and a transcript of an interview snippet with each expert to be used in comprehension activities. The second section of the activity book is broken down into six activities which can be completed for each of the threats to the Reef. Activity worksheets can be photocopied for students to complete.