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DOC and LEARNZ are giving your class the chance to take a virtual trip to Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve from 24-26 February 2010.

LEARNZ field trip teacher, Andrew will help your class explore the marine reserve. During the trip your class will meet marine experts, go snorkelling with the fish living amongst the rocks and kelp forests, ride in a glass bottom boat in the deeper waters of the reserve and watch videos about the rock pool habitats and creatures, waves and wind, the beach and surrounding geology.

New Zealand Registered and Provisionally Registered Teachers can enrol in virtual filed trips for free. For more information visit www.learnz.org.nz or call freephone 0800 22 55 53.

What’s the impact? - an education unit that has six activities to help children understand the impact people can have on life in and around the sea. The activities in the unit focus on:

Protecting our seas - information on marine biodiversity, people pressures, marine reserves, the tools to protect marine areas and how to establish marine protected areas.
Protecting our seas brochure (PDF, 679K)
Or view clips from the Protecting our seas DVD.
Meet the Locals video clips. Mini-documentaries about New Zealand's unique marine species and habitats.