EDUCATION
Educational Resources
With curriculum links to the Australian Curriculum for Visual Art and Science the
Education Overview for P - 10 can be adapted for any context.
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Activities are based around Look/Research, Discuss, Create and offer a flexible map that teachers can use with or without the Educational Package
The Educational Package includes 'How To' sheets, instructional videos and educational posters about ghost net and ghost net art.
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Education Overview
F – 10
Get some science in your art and art in your science.
How to use the Educational Overview
Use, adapt, extend
Example PDF below.
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The Education Overview has been designed using the Australian Curriculum for Visual Art and Science (Version 8), Foundation to Year 10. We are currently reviewing the Education Overview and aligning it with the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 and future versions. It will be available soon. With changes being constant we are trying to make all responses to curriculum links, strands, sub-strands and content descriptors more generic.
There is a strong focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and on empowering teachers to embed these perspectives in their programs with both science and art. The link to The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priorities works and has superseded the previous “New content elaborations for the Australian Curriculum Science” document. This was an excellent document. The Teacher Background Information is found in the new link below and now encompasses all key learning areas. It is also an excellent set of documents.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum document
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority provides opportunities for all students to deepen their knowledge of Australia by learning about the world’s oldest continuous living cultures. Australian Curriculum
The science focuses on marine debris, micro plastics, the scope of research, the role of First Nations Peoples within scientific research and encourages an understanding of the importance of science and traditional knowledges. It aims to encourage educators to open a dialogue with local communities that could engage and collaborate in the teaching of these curriculum aspects.
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This is not a start to finish program with set lessons that run over a set timeframe. It is designed to be flexible to suit your context, your time, your programs and your students. As educators it can be difficult to embed entire work programs into our planning and so we are offering a new way to engage with these ideas.
There are sites that offer full teaching units. We are mindful that it can be problematic to insert a whole unit into a teaching program and so have included links to those sites to enhance your classes in science and art and also subjects such as English and the social sciences.
In primary schooling there may be more scope to teach across curriculum areas and so many of these ideas and links can be expanded to include English, humanities and social sciences. In the secondary context, educators can be teaching the curriculum for science and use art as a means of exploring scientific concepts, or in art, be creating artworks from ghost net and learning about micro plastics and problem solving possible future solutions or uses.
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​You may just want to do one lesson or create a whole program.
Flexibility in use.
Education Links
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Good for both Science and The Arts
The Teacher background information is very good – example below.
Recognising how First Nations Australians care for living things
Cross-curriculum priorities downloads
Australian Council of Deans of Science
Excellent resources
Sample PDF
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The Education Package
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The Education Package focuses on the combination of making art + science.
Our worksheets and instructional videos will lead you and your students from creating small ghost net sculptures such as branching coral all the way to creating a mini ghost net reef system that can then be built upon continuously from both a science perspective and an art perspective.
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The 6 posters are to provide information, stimulate discussion and ideas and to inspire students to pursue future solutions as well as to enhance class rooms and displays.
The scope for this education package is varied. It can be used for environmental units, as a unit on reef systems, or on using found objects in art, or visiting AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Sciences) or for science excursions based on marine debris, micro plastics, or environmental issues as well as artist research, art galleries and exhibitions.
It is hoped that educators and educational organisations will open up dialogues with their local communities, environmental groups and First Nations Peoples to work together in a
collaborative exchange.
The cost of the entire Educational Package is $800.
Our Educational Package includes 7 Instructional Worksheets on how to make:
Bob Marley Sponge,
Crown of Thorns Baby,
Turtle,
Stingray,
Brain Coral
Tiny Turtle
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Giant Triton egg sacks.
Each worksheet comes with an instructional video.
These videos are provided through Vimeo and require a password which is provided upon payment.
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The package also includes the 6 posters.
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All items are also for sale individually - just make an inquiry.
This fantastic Education Package can be found in our SHOP.
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Workshops may be available locally.
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Ghost Net Collective - instructional video - mini ad.
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* All raw materials can be sourced through Tangaroa Blue - https://www.tangaroablue.org/product-category/sea-store/art-supplies/
Where to source raw materials for your ghost net projects
Tangaroa Blue
Fishing rope and net scraps of different size, length, colour and texture.
If you would like to pick-up these items instead of having them posted to you, or if you would like a half bag or bulk orders then email info@tangaroablue.org. or order from the website - https://www.tangaroablue.org/product-category/sea-store/art-supplies/
Parley
has collected over 200 bulk bags of plastic and piles of rope and net from the coastline of Cape York and south of Cairns as far as Hinchinbrook Island.
It's free to take.
If you would you like to visit their site to inspect their collection then please call 0423 802 621 to arrange a visit.