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Click here to go to the RMUUG Education Resources Matrix that provides links to SACSA

Senior Years Band Year 10 - Year 12
Middle Years Band Year 6 - Year 9
Primary Years Band Year 3 -Year 5
Early Years Band Rec - Year 2

The River Murray Urban Users Local Action Planning Committee has developed educational resources for teachers to use with students in their classrooms, in the field and with the school and general community.

All of the issues raised, and the teaching strategies suggested in the various RMUUG educational resources, link with the SACSA Framework!

Click on the resources listed below for a comprehensive summary.
Murray Links
Download the pdf
Murray Issues
Download the pdf
Mighty Murray Musical
The River Exhibition
Download a powerpoint presentation about the River Exhibition by Modbury West Primary School
Just The Facts
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Year Level The Resource
Senior Years Band
Year 10 - Year 12
Murray Issues- A resource for environmental inquiry in secondary school.
Written by Michael Shultz (2001), published by RMUUC with assistance from River Murray Waterwatch Steering Committee.
Introduction download the pdf (195KB)
Issue 1 Effluent
download the pdf
(188 KB)
Issue 2 Wetlands download the pdf (307KB)
Issue 3 Stormwater
download the pdf
(159KB)
Issue 4 Vegetation
download the pdf
(350KB)
Issue 5 Fish
download the pdf
(222KB)
Issue 6 Carp
download the pdf
(140KB)
Download the entire pdf (1,347KB)

Just The Facts

On the trail of clean water
(The SA Water teacher resource)

Water Audit for your School

Middle Years Band
Year 6 - Year 9
Murray Link - an educational resource for schools.
download the entire pdf (687KB)
The Murray Link program as described in this document, is not running in 2002. Contact the Project Manager for more information.

Unit Plan Outline (190KB)
Topic: The River Murray
See how you can fit the Julie Boyd Model

Murray Link
Unit 1 Investigating Murray Link 

Unit 2 The River Murray 
Murray Link - Fact Sheets
Action
History of the River Murray
Impacts on water quality
Native Vegetation
Revegetation Areas
Riverine Ecology
River Murray Water
Salinity
Set-up of the Murray Care Group
Tell the world
The Murray Darling Basin
Water Cycle
Water Quality
Water Supply
Wetlands

Unit 3 Water - An Invaluable Resource

Mighty Murray Musical
For performance by students years 5 - 9

On the trail of clean water
(The SA Water teacher resource)

Water Audit for your School

Primary Years Band
Year 3 -Year 5
Mighty Murray Musical
For performance by students years 5 -9.

The River Exhibition

Activities
Activity 1
- The River Murray Habitat -  Introduced and Native Animals
Download the line drawings for the habitat activity here
                 Habitat 
                     Habitat1; Habitat2; Habitat3; Habitat4 (these images are                           progressively more focused on particular habitats)
                 Native animal sheets
                 Introduced animal sheets
Activity 2 - River Murray Webbing
                 Ecosystem Cards 1
                 Ecosystem Cards 2
Activity 3 - Futures Wheel
                 Futures Wheel layout
Activity 4 - Themes of the River Murray

The Insalting Problem (1822KB)
Splash!

Grazing Australia (26KB)
Splash!

Water Audit for your School (135KB)

Early Years Band
Rec - Year 2
The River Exhibition

Simple activities for Junior Students
Activity 1
- What is Water?
Activity 2 - Water Activities Using Stories
Activity 3 - Theme of the River Murray - using photographs
Activity 4 - The River Murray Habitat - Introduced and Native Animals
Download the line drawings  for the habitat activity here
                 Habitat                     
                 Native animal sheets
                 Introduced animal sheets

 

          

 

 

This web site was last updated 5-06-2002