Marine Studies Year 13

The marine studies smartpath programme consists of resource kits which directly relate to national unit standards under the NZQA. Each kit includes PowerPoint slides, field trip outlines, assessments, teacher notes, student handouts and information sheets as well as a teaching scheme. There are six resource kits. 

Bay of Polytechnic is able to sell schools the individual resource kits and the whole year 13 partnership programme. For costs and further information contact Paul Warren, Marine Studies SmartPath Coordinator on 07 571 0190 ext. 6933 or paul.warren@boppoly.ac.nz.

Marine Reserves Resource Kit

This resource kit can be used for Year 12 or Year 13 biology achievement standards or Level 3 NZQA unit standard 6319 - Make an informed judgement on a contemporary biological issue (3 credits). Topics covered include:

• Research techniques
• The nature of marine reserves
• Biological concepts related to marine reserves
• Implications of marine reserves for marine life
• Marine monitoring 
• The implications of marine reserves for science 

Try out this resource kit for free: Research and Marine Reserves Monitoring worksheet (PDF).

Taxonomy and Invertebrates Resource Kit

The resource kit is designed to meet the learning outcomes of the level 4 NZQA Unit 8099 – Identify Flora and Fauna (2 credits).  This kit focuses on classification of marine organisms (in this case marine invertebrates) through use of taxonomic keys.  Topics covered include:

• History of and function of taxonomy and classification 
• Taxonomic keys
• The five kingdoms
• Invertebrates and invertebrate identification
• Basic field and lab identification of marine invertebrates

Try out this resource kit for free: Origin of Taxonomy Worksheet (PDF).

Marine Ecology Resource Kit

This kit focuses on key aspects of marine ecology and is designed to meet the learning outcomes of the level 4 NZQA Unit 26510 – Demonstrate Knowledge of Ecosystems (6 credits).  Topics covered in the kit include:

• The relationship between organisms and their distribution in the abiotic environment
• Ecological flows and cycles
• Ecological niches
• Survivorship
• R and K strategists
• Inter-specific relationships 
• Community change
• Ecological succession
• Ecosystems and the impact of human activity on those systems

Try out this resource kit for free: Ecological Niche Worksheet (PDF).

Marine Biology Resource Kit

• Characteristics, habitat and distribution of snapper
• Biological drawings
• External snapper anatomy
• Internal snapper anatomy
• Factors influencing snapper

Try out this resource kit for free: Biological Drawing Slides (PDF).

Marine Surveying Programme & Resource Kit

• Marine species common to local dive sites (these can be adapted to different bio-regions)
• MarineWatch survey methodology
• MarineWatch rocky reef and reef fish surveying
• Flora and fauna identification
• Practical training – confined water survey training and open water survey training 

Try out this resource kit for free: Reef Fish Identification Slides Handout (PDF).

Please Note: This programme has a pre-requisite of Unit 4384 Scuba dive and perform rescues in open water to a maximum depth of 18 meters or Unit 4383 Snorkel dive with safety. It includes a significant practical component that can be conducted using SCUBA or snorkel and must be supervised qualified SCUBA or snorkel instructors.

Aquaculture Investigative Study Resource Kit

This resource kit incorporates Level 3 NZQA Unit 8933 – Relate aspects of animal behaviour to environmental factors (3 credits). Topics covered include:

• Log keeping
• Animal experimentation
• Morphology of the paddle crab
• Behaviour of the paddle crab

Try out this resource kit for free: Biology and Ecology of Crabs (PDF).