Discovery - Virtual tours of the underwater world

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Underwater world

Dive in and explore the amazing underwater world of Australia's oceans.

Play the game and then answer these questions. To access this resource, you will need Flash Player .

Who am I?

• Mystery animal 1: I am big and fat and live on a cold, windy island. Who am I?
• Mystery animal 2: I have a type of beak but I am not a bird. Who am I?
• Mystery animal 3: I'm not sure if my mother is my father or my father is my mother. Who am I?
• Mystery animal 4: You may think I am a plant but I am really an animal. I live on the continental shelf. Who am I?
• Mystery animal 5: When I eat I put my stomach out through my mouth. Who am I?
  
• Choose one of the animals and draw a picture for your teacher.

Classroom activities

For young students

• Underwater colouring-in: colour the different underwater habitats (PDF - 770 KB)
• Underwater Critters colouring-in: colour in all your favourite characters from the Underwater World (PDF - 576 KB)

For older students

Find out more about the different habitats that make up the underwater world in these factsheets:

• Open sea (PDF - 230 KB)
• Continental shelf (PDF - 551 KB)
• Macquarie island (PDF - 619 KB)
• Rocky reef (PDF - 184 KB)
• Seamounts (PDF - 648 KB)
• Protecting our oceans (PDF - 549 KB)