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Teacher Resource Booklet

The Bush Blitz teacher resource booklet was produced by the Australian Science Teacher's Association (ASTA), in partnership with the Australian Biological Resource Study to provide background information for teachers on the Bush Blitz program. The booklet also includes supporting activities, projects and investigations for teachers to undertake with students from preschool through to senior secondary levels.

A booklet was sent to every Australian school as part of the 2010 National Science Week school kit but is now available to download.

Media Release: Can you pick Australia's Favourite New Species?

A barnacle that looks like the Sydney Opera House? A pink fish that walks on the sea floor? An outback ant that makes a tubular home from spinifex grass and red soil? These are just some newly discovered Australian species that are part of a new teachers' resource booklet and competition that will this week go to school children around the country.

"Ahead of World Environment Day on Saturday and in the International Year of Biodiversity, we want to get kids excited by the environment around them and the discoveries still taking place today of new plants and animals across our vast continent," Environment Protection Minister Peter Garret said.

More details of the competition can be found here.

Photos of Bush Blitz

Check out the photos from the Western NSW and Tasmanian Bush Blitz.

Media Release: Bush Blitz - launch of Australian nature discovery mission

Bush Blitz - launch of Australian nature discovery mission (15/02/2010).

Environment Minister Peter Garrett today launched Bush Blitz - a three year multimillion dollar partnership to document the plants and animals in properties across Australia’s National Reserve System.

BushBlitz: Factsheet [PDF 1.1mb]

Bush Blitz is the world's first continental scale survey - a three year multimillion dollar partnership to document the plants and animals in hundreds of properties across Australia’s National Reserve System.