BeachPatrol schools program
Educating our students today will lead to a better tomorrow
Educating our students today will lead to a better tomorrow
BeachPatrol regularly visits primary and secondary schools. We host educational sessions focussing on plastic litter and its impact on the environment and marine life
We can also take students out on a beach or street litter survey experience. During these exercises the students work in small groups along the beach or street to record the litter count and type using BeachPatrol survey sheets.
At the end of the survey the sheets are collated and the students spend time categorising and documenting the litter picked up in that session. This provides a great opportunity for raising awareness and helps inform how to cut back on common problem waste items.
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| 22 Mar 2019 | Albert Park Secondary | Year 9 J | 20 | Class 9J was introduced to the purpose of a beach litter survey to find what types of litter are coming n to the beaches. They were then taken on a beach clean |
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| 09 Mar 2019 | Albert Park Secondary | 9H | 25 | Today we took another 25 students from class 9H down to the beach near their class room. They were introduced to the concept of recording plastic litter types to be able to tell a story in their semester report of what types of litter are on the beaches. This was followed by them conducting beach clean up in teams with each team recording the types of litter the collected. At the end this was collated into one master sheet. |
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| 07 Mar 2019 | Albert Park Secondary | Year9B | 25 | Today we took another 25 students from class 9B down to the beach near their class room. They were introduced to the concept of recording plastic litter types to be able to tell a story in their semester report of what types of litter are on the beaches. This was followed by them conducting beach clean up in teams with each team recording the types of litter the collected. At the end this was collated into one master sheet. They found this sick seagull on the beach. It was picked up and taken to the local vet. |
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| 06 Mar 2019 | Firbank Grammer School | Year 9 | 22 | On this day we had 22 girl students from Firbank Grammar school come to a Port Melbourne Beach. We explained to them the importance of collecting and categorizing the types of plastic on the beach. They then conducted a survey along the beach in teams to record every piece of plastic they found. At the end each team submitted their data on to the Litter Stopper app to record it for a Victorian database. |
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| 06 Mar 2019 | Albert Park Secondary | Year 9F | 23 | Today we took another 23 students from class 9F down to the beach near their class room. They were introduced to the concept of recording plastic litter types to be able to tell a story in their semester report of what types of litter are on the beaches. This was followed by them conducting beach clean up in teams with each team recording the types of litter the collected. At the end this was collated into one master sheet. |
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| 01 Mar 2019 | St Louis de Montford | Year 6 | 100 | 30 min presentations were made to each of two year 6 students talking about plastic in the oceans and it's impact on wildlife. They were quite aware of this topic which was great to see. |
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| 01 Mar 2019 | St Louis de Montford, Aspendale | Year 5 | 100 | 30 min presentations were made to each of two year 5 students talking about plastic in the oceans and it's impact on wildlife. |
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| 27 Feb 2019 | Firbank Grammer School | Year 9 | 22 | An 8 week program was started off with Firbank to introduce them to keeping the environment clean. The first session was in a auditorium introducing them to BeachPatrol and Love our Street. They watched a showing of the BayKeeper movie about Port Phillip Bay and plastic pollution. They conducted a short clean of the school yard and collected 541 items of litter, mainly ship bags and the likes. |
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| 27 Feb 2019 | Albert Park Secondary | Year 9 C | 14 | 9C were presented with a discussion on Data keeping of litter on beaches. A beach clean followed with the collecting data for them to enter into the Litter Stopper App. |
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| 27 Feb 2019 | Albert Park Secondary | Year 9 E | 18 | 9E were presented with a discussion on Data keeping of litter on beaches. A beach clean followed with the collecting data for them to enter into the Litter Stopper App. |
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