Green Island Living Classroom
Green Island is the most diverse, amazing and accessible education experience on the Great Barrier Reef, 45 minutes from Cairns. Here we showcase the natural ecosystems above and below the water in the facilitation of living classrooms aligning to World Heritage, Natural Values and Cultural Values on the Great Barrier Reef.
Outer Reef Platform Experiences
Our Outer Reef Experience takes students to a reef activity platform permanently moored at the Outer Barrier Reef, providing the perfect opportunity to investigate and study reef ecosystems and processes in an interactive and stimulating experience.
Overview of Program Inclusions:
- Personalised itineraries aligning to the Australian Curriculum
- Teacher networking and class presentations
- Green Island Classroom - Presentations - Resources - Displays - Partnerships
- Site Stewardship - Reef Resilience - Restoration and Research projects
- Seagrass projects
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures
- Coral Cay Island Ecology
- Guided snorkel tours
- Glass bottom boat and semi - submarine tours
- Equipment included
- High Standard Tourism Operator sustainability tours - Water desalination, wastewater treatment plant and waste management for coral cay ecologies.
Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program
The Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program supports Queensland schools to undertake place-based educational experiences in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area which align with Australian and Queensland curriculum.
This 3 year Queensland Government program will provide up to $150 per student paid directly to schools to go towards the cost of a school excursion which includes a reef experience.
As a High Standard Tourism Operator, Great Adventures and the Quicksilver Group are delighted to be registered facilitators for this program. For more information and to check eligibility
qldeducationexperiences.org.au
Year 1:
Coral Cay Habitat Investigations

Year 2:
Lifecycle Investigations

Year 3:
Living and Non-Living Investigations

Year 4:
Life Cycles & Food Webs

Year 5:
Adaptations Investigations

Year 6:
Coral and Reef Fish Investigations

Year 7:
Food Web & Climate Change Investigations

Year 8:
Coral Bleaching Investigations

Year 9:
Biotic & Abiotic Reef Ecosystems Investigations

Year 10:
Climate Change and Coral Reef Investigations

Year 11 & 12:
Biology Investigations

Year 11 & 12:
Marine Science Investigations