Learn more about frogs, citizen science, lifecycles and endangered frog species. Suitable for early learning and primary school students.

Colouring sheets: Diving beetle, Dragonfly larvae, Freshwater snail, Mayfly, Sensitive waterbugs, Wetlands waterbugs

Explore the link between turbidity, a measure of water clarity, and erosion. It also highlights the effect of high levels of turbidity on the survival of living things in freshwater environments.  

Series of lessons where students investigate recycled water and its reuse. They explore the impacts of the Millennium drought and alternate water stories. While using the Western Treatment Plant Virtual Tour.

The F–2 Wetlands Adventure program introduces students to the journey of stormwater and the importance of caring for Earth’s water. This program is aligned with the Science and Geography Victorian Curriculum.

Dive into the future of Melbourne’s water! In this interactive-digital challenge, students team up to uncover real evidence of climate change’s impact on Melbourne's water supply. Using the World of Water interactive map and resources from the BOM, they’ll use data to investigate, debate and brainstorm solutions to one of the biggest challenges our world’s cities are currently facing.

Water is finite and all the water on Earth is all that we have. It is an essential resource which we use every day in all aspects of our lives. In this four-part video series, you will learn all about water, the water cycle and waterways and more.

The Story of Water: Episode 1. The water cycle, or the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water around the Earth

Discover what happens to wastewater after it leaves homes and businesses; and learn how it is treated and recycled. There are two main treatment plants in Melbourne, the Western Treatment Plant and the Eastern Treatment Plant, which treats over 90% of Melbourne’s sewage.

The amount of water in our environment is influenced by the type of climate. Across Australia, there are six broad climate zones. Climate is the average weather conditions of a place for a long period of time, while weather is the atmospheric conditions (hot day, rain, cool conditions) for a brief period of time.