Educational resources

SAIAB Education Unit has developed various educational resources that are available on request. We also have a number of posters that can be ordered - to see the posters available at present please go to our Publications Page and click on posters.

 

 A Guide to the Ecology of Temporarily Open/Closed Estuaries
Compiled by Dr Aidan Wood, edited by Professor Alan Whitfield and Dr Paul Cowley (2010) and funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC) published by SAIAB, Grahamstown, South Africa. 57pp
A primary aim of the booklet is to educate and convey our current understanding of how temporarily open/closed estuaries (TOCEs)function and how human activities impact on their ecology.
Audience: the general public and coastal managers. Please order your copy though our Publications Page.

 

Marine Biodiversity Workbook
With funding from Murray and Roberts this workbook was developed for NMW09 - National Marine Week 2009 - in collaboration with the education department at Bayworld in Port Elizabeth. The first section looks at four well known marine animals:
- sharks
- dolphins
- penguins
- sea turtles.
The second section deals with adaptations for life in the sea.
Audience: Educators and learners

 

DNA – The Blue-print of Life
Developed for National Science Week, this educational resource provides answers to the following key questions:
  - What is genetics?
  - What is DNA? What does DNA stand for? Who has DNA? Where is my DNA?
  - What does DNA look like? What is so important about DNA?
  - What is the impact of genetics?
  - What career opportunities are there?
Audience: Educators and learners
Evolution & the Karoo Basin of South Africa 
Developed for National Science Week, this educational resource explores the following topics:
   - What is evolution? Evidence of evolution
   - The Karoo Supergroup Rocks and Fossils of the Karoo Basin
   - What did the animals look like? How did they live? What did they eat?
   - Collecting fossils in the Karoo
Many thanks to Dr Billy de Klerk, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, for scientific information and illustrations.
Audience: Educators and learners

This Educators' Workshop Manual has two modules on 1) Pollution and 2) River Water Quality Monitoring.
The learning programme affords learners in Grades 8 and 9 the opportunity to actively engage with and respond to local environmental issues through a variety of learning outcomes. The programme is designed not an end but as a means to taking meaningful action on the issue of pollution now and in the near future. Curriculum links i.e. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Standards are provided.
Audience: Educators and learners

This Educators' Workshop Manual comprises the third module in the series:
The Threatened Eastern Cape Rocky, Sandelia bainsii.
This educational resource is designed for educators in the Life Sciences learning areas. It provides an opportunity for learners in Grade 10 to engage in learning activities and explore meaningful ways of conserving a threatened or endangered species in their local environment. The focus species in this WOW! Pack is the Eastern Cape Rocky, Sandelia bainsii. Curriculum links are provided.
Many thanks to Dr Jim Cambray, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, for scientific information and illustrations.
Audience: Educators and learners

Coastal Fishery Resources - An easy guide: Marine and coastal resources are under increasing pressure from commercial, subsistence and recreational fishers. Growing demands have brought new challenges with respect to management and sustainable utilisation of these resources. This booklet serves to provide some biological and ecological background to the commonly caught or harvested species along the South African coast.
Audience: General