Act and Protect TEACHER PD WORKSHOP

TAKE THE REEF INTO THE CLASSROOM• One-day Professional Development workshop for teachers with an interest in the marine sciences, aquatic practices, biology and STEM, and both senior and junior high school science teachers. • Includes lectures, hands-on classroom activities and take-home materials.

This one-day workshop will include a presentation about coral bleaching, CoralWatch and citizen science and a practical session identifying coral genus using the CoralFinder.. Teachers attending the MTAQ (Marine Teachers Association Queensland) conference will be able to collect Coral Health Chart data during the citizen science field day. Entering the data and exploring the CoralWatch global database, incl. data extraction and analyses, will be part of this extra PD-day offered by CoralWatch.

PROGRAM9.00 Presentation: ‘CoralWatch - Citizen Scientist Acting on Coral Bleaching’ 9.45 Practical: Using CoralWatch curriculum linked education materials, incl Virtual reality10.15 Morning tea10.30 CoralWatch Global Database: Data availability & applications, incl marine science data test Practical: data entry using CoralWatch website and phone App, data extraction, creating graphs 12.30 Lunch break13.30 Coral Identification - Classify corals to genus levels (using coral skeletons and photos) 14.30 Debrief workshop: discussion, sharing experiences, ideas and feedback15.00 Workshop closing

CoralWatch is a non-profit citizen science organization based at The University of Queensland. The program integrates global monitoring of coral bleaching with education about coral reef conservation. CoralWatch project manager Diana Kleine will be presenting and facilitating this workshop. Diana has been working for CoralWatch for over 10 years and has organised many teacher workshops in Australia and Indonesia and is co-author of the book ‘Coral Reefs and Climate Change, the guide for education and awareness’.

28 SEPTEMBER 2019, CAIRNS SHS, QLD, AUSTRALIA

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION Teacher PD - 28 September 2019

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1-day workshop AUD $50 (*for teachers attending the MTAQ conference) AUD $70 (full price) Workshop fee includes: One-day workshop, morning tea, lunch and a range of CoralWatch take-home materials. Registration for this workshop is finalised via a confirmation email from CoralWatch.

Cancellation & refundsCoralWatch reserves the right to cancel the workshop by 20 September 2019 if the minimum booking of 10 people is not achieved and full refunds will be given. In case you have to cancel, CoralWatch cannot give refunds after 10 September 2019.

Please email this form to info@coralwatch.org to complete registration. Click on these links to make payment:

Discounted price (with 2019 MTAQ conference booking): $50 Full price: $70

WORKSHOP DETAILSVenue: Cairns SHS, Sheridan St & Upward Street, Cairns North QLD 4870Dates: 28 September 2019Costs: $50.00 (incl.GST) MTAQ conference participants $70.00 (incl.GST) Full price Includes: One-day workshop, incl. morning tea and lunch and a range of

CoralWatch take-home materials. Bring: Laptop, mobile phone and CoralWatch data slate from the Reef Citizen

Science day (if applicable).

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For more information please contact Diana Kleine at CoralWatch info@coralwatch.org or phone 07 33653127

This workshop is organised by CoralWatch in collaboration with Marine Teachers Association Queensland (MTAQ).CoralWatch Act and Protect workshop series are funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great

Barrier Reef Foundation. Additional support for this workshop has been provided by The University of Queensland.