The Protecting Wetlands for the Future program is a 6 day collaborative program between teachers, students and Earthwatch scientists at Holloways Beach Environmental Education Centre (HBEEC) and Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre (BIEEC).
Through expeditions, teachers will be upskilled to establish their own tidal wetland monitoring site on return to their school to assess local ecosystem values and threats with a focus on ‘blue carbon’ storage and sequestration. Teachers will work as research assistants, helping scientists with data collection while communicating their experiences live back to the classroom. Outcomes of past TeachLive expeditions indicate that this approach will facilitate post-workshop incorporation of the MangroveWatch citizen science program into classroom teaching and create opportunities for student citizen science activities.