VNPA has many materials that can support school curricula

School resources

Check out VNPA’s great resources for primary andecondarychools including: Nature-based activities for primarychool kids Ways to get your class involved in Victoria’s largest marine citizen...
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Sea Slug Census

Join us on Sunday 13 July to search for sea slugs under the bridge at San Remo. find out more and RSVP Sea Slugs are sometimes called the butterflies of […]...
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Grassland Threatened Species 2009-2017

Today, less than 1% of Victoria’s grassland ecosystems remain. Our Grassland Threatened Species project was established in 2008 to collect important data about the threatened species that are in...
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Grasstree monitoring

Grasstree Monitoring 2007-2017

The Friends of Brisbane Ranges and the Friends of the Prom established our Grasstree Monitoring project in 2007. The project extends an important long-term study into the impacts of Phytophthora...
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Eastern grey kangaroos caught on camera

Caught on Camera 2012-2021

Our Caught on Camera project works with community groups and volunteers who use motion-sensing cameras in the long-term monitoring of wildlife. Motion-sensing cameras are easy to use and, with a bit...
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ReefCam

ReefCam

Australia’s oldest marine sanctuary and one of the bay’s most cherished spots – Popes Eye – in Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park now has an above and a below […]...
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Platewatch

OysterWatch

Oyster and mussel reefs once covered vast areas of the seabed in Port Phillip Bay, and were an important food source for local Indigenous people. However, the reefs were decimated […]...
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Marine Life of Victoria

It is estimated that 91 per cent of plants and animals in the ocean are yet to be named. With just over 300,000 named that leaves 3 million or more […]...
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A cowfish spotted during the Great Victorian Fish Count

Great Victorian Fish Count

Every November and December, hundreds of divers and snorkelers plunge into the water to take part in the biggest citizen-science event on Victoria’s marine calendar, the Great Victorian Fish Count....
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