Real Life Water Rats (ATOM Study Guide)

Real Life Water Rats is a four-part series, suitable for senior secondary students that follows an elite police enforcement team from Tasmania's Marine and Rescue Division. This team is the only police group in Australia responsible for both search and rescue operations and fisheries enforcement and this documentary showcases the diverse work they undertake, at times risking their own lives and safety to ensure the safety of others. The team employs a range of skills and technologies, including helicopters, boats, underwater dive teams, land and sea-based surveillance teams as well as a range of state services, including paramedics and hospitals.

Curriculum Links:
This series will be of interest to teachers and students from senior secondary school in the following subject areas:

• Social and Cultural Studies
• Health and Human Development
• SOSE / HSIE
• Geography
• Media Studies