The project, dubbed Puddlehush, was supported by Living Museum West. Victoria University students designed the creek plan for grade 3-8 pupils and Melbourne Water hosted a number of waterwatch activities.

Educational signs will be put along the creek. A DVD and trail guide prepared by students will be available at the Living Museum.

"It's really fun being able to come out to Stony Creek and learn so many different things about the environment and find different species of frogs," said Luke Bone, of grade 6 at Kingsville Primary School.

Wembley Primary School grade 5's Brigita Valadica said: "Our class came down here to Stony Creek. We did water testing and found some frogs and tadpoles, which inspired us to look after our environment more."

Project co-ordinator Alarna Gray said it was designed to teach students ways of improving creek health so they could then teach others.

"Decades of urban development and stormwater pollution have taken their toll on Stony Creek. We're working to significantly improve its health by 2015."