white rock
primary resource guide
The White Rock resources for primary students are designed to engage learners from Foundation through to Year 6 in exploring Australia’s kelp forests. Through age-appropriate activities, storytelling, and simple investigations, students step into the role of ocean detectives to understand what’s happening on the Great Southern Reef.
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What’s in the Teacher Notes
The White Rock resources teacher notes for Years 3–6 give you a clear structure to guide each lesson and support student learning.
The guide includes eight sequenced lessons, suggested answers, and detailed teacher notes to help you run activities with confidence.
You’ll also find extension tasks, links to supporting materials, and an interactive board game to reinforce key concepts, all designed to help students build understanding of kelp forest ecosystems and the impacts of longspined sea urchins.
online student course
The White Rock resources year 3-6 student course is an interactive online program that guides students through the science, impacts, and solutions linked to the longspined sea urchin crisis.
Through a structured series of lessons, students explore urchin biology, climate-driven range shifts, ecosystem imbalance, and real-world restoration efforts, while building skills in research, discussion, and critical thinking.
student workbook
The White Rock resources student worksheet is a printable companion that helps students work through key ideas from the film in a clear, structured way. It includes guided questions, diagrams, data activities, and short research tasks that link directly to real examples from the documentary. Students record their responses as they go, building understanding of topics like ecosystem change, sea urchin overgrazing, and reef recovery. The format is flexible, so you can use it in class, as a self-paced task, or as part of a broader inquiry project.
urchin board game
The White Rock resources include both a printable board game and the option to register interest in a full-sized classroom version. The printable version is a simple way to bring the game straight into your lessons, while the larger 1.8 m gameboard with custom dice is designed for a trestle table or similar setup and can be played by up to 8 students at a time. Schools can register their interest using this form, with the first 50 schools to sign up receiving a copy by mail. Please note the form will not automatically collect your name or email unless you add those details yourself.
secondary resources
If you’re working with older students, the White Rock resources also include a full secondary program with deeper content, extended investigations, and curriculum-linked lessons. Explore the secondary resources to build on these foundations and take student learning further.
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feedback
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