Acknowledgements

We'd like to acknowledge the following dedicated people who made this project a reality.
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Written by

Jill Reade [B.Sc., Dip.Ed.] - Jill has taught science to students in years 7 through 12 in Tasmanian
Education Department schools for 25 years.
She has been a consultant for the Federal
Government funded Quality Teacher program,
working with primary teachers to incorporate science
into the primary curriculum, and she has also worked
on the development of the K-10 Tasmanian Science
Curriculum in 2007.
Jill is a trained Primary Connections facilitator and is
currently President of the Science Teachers
Association of Tasmania (2007/8).

Graphic Design

Lisa Eastman

Original idea

Members of North West Waterwatch Inc.

Initial Scoping of the Project

Jennifer Hemer - Formerly Education Officer, North
West Waterwatch Inc.

Project Coordination

Patricia Ellison - Member and formerly Project
Officer, North West Waterwatch Inc.

Ideas and Editing

Jane Partridge - Formerly Norwood Primary School.
Dr. Marj Colvill - Perth Primary School.

Trialling

Dianne Kalweit - West Somerset Primary School.
Cathryn Parke - West Somerset Primary School.

Steering Committee

Imogen Birley - Australian Government NRM
Facilitator (Water), Tasmania.
Dr. Denise Devitt - Principal Education Officer
Science, School Education Division, Tasmanian
Education Department.
Debbie Searle - Northern Waterway Assessment
Team Leader.
Lynne Robertson - Program Manager, Community
Engagement & Communications, Cradle Coast NRM.
Jennifer Hemer - Formerly Education Officer North
West Waterwatch Inc.
Dianne Kalweit - West Somerset Primary School.
Geoff Smart - President, North West Waterwatch Inc.

Photographs of Salinity

David Armstrong - Armstrong Agricultural Services.

Photographs of Macro-invertebrates

John Gooderham - Co-author of ‘The Waterbug Book’.
Tom Krasnicki - Senior Aquatic Ecologist (River
Health), Water Assessment Branch, Department of
Primary Industries and Water.

Design of Macro-invertebrate Identification Chart and information on the Giant Freshwater Lobster

Todd Walsh - Member and formerly Project Officer,
North West Waterwatch Inc.

Website design & development

Hendrik Veltman - greenskin Media.