Onsite Educational Workshops and Activities
Check out our exciting educational workshops designed for EYFS-KS2 students! Our workshops are built around the core values of fostering a sense of connection and empathy for our oceans, allowing students to delve into topics such as habitat exploration, adaptation, and conservation. Also, don't miss our Ranger challenge activity pack!
Please note that our workshops are available for a minimum number of 10 participants.
EYFS, KS1, & Sensory Educational Workshops
KS1: HABITAT EXPLORERS
BOOK THIS WORKSHOP IF… YOUR STUDENTS ARE STUDYING HABITATS AND ADAPTATIONS
Invite students to become Habitat Explorers as they dive deep underwater into the ocean habitats of some of our SEA LIFE creatures! Together they will jump into a world of amazing discovery to learn about the different zones of the ocean and the creatures that live there. Thinking about habitats and adaptation, students will consider the challenges of different micro-habitats in the ocean, matching creatures and their adaptations to the different zones that they discover, and eventually creating their very own sea creatures!
Students will:
- Identify and describe different ocean habitats (e.g., rockpool, coral reef, deep sea) and the creatures that live in them.
- Understand how marine animals adapt to their habitats, exploring the challenges they face and how their characteristics help them survive.
- Develop creativity and scientific thinking by designing their own sea creature with adaptations suited to an underwater habitat.
KS2 Educational Workshops
KS2: HABITAT EXPLORERS
BOOK THIS WORKSHOP IF… YOUR STUDENTS ARE STUDYING HABITATS AND ADAPTATIONS
In this immersive workshop, students will become Habitat Explorers, diving into the different ocean zones and the creatures that live within them. They’ll investigate what makes a habitat and why animals adapt to survive. Through hands-on activities, they will represent the ocean layers to understand their structure and explore diverse marine environments, from mangrove forests to polar regions and coral reefs, discovering how species thrive in their surroundings.
Students will:
- Identify and describe the five layers of the ocean, understanding that each zone is a unique habitat for different sea creatures.
- Explain how marine animals and plants adapt to their environment, highlighting specific adaptations that help them survive.
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of certain characteristics in different ocean habitats.
- Explore the challenges creatures face in different ocean zones and consider how they adapt to overcome them
KS2: SEA DEFENDERS: PLASTIC POLLUTION
BOOK THIS WORKSHOP IF… YOU ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A PLEDGE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OCEAN
Invite students to become Sea Defenders! They will investigate it is important to protect our oceans, raising awareness of their own relationships with the ocean and how their daily actions can positively or negatively affect the marine environment. Students should be inspired to make changes in their lifestyle and actively contribute towards solutions.
Students will:
- Appreciate litter, pollution, and its impact on the world.
- Identify different materials and which recycling bin they belong in.
- Understand the terms: biodegradable, non-biodegradable, and plastic pollution.
- Understand the impact of human behaviours: that marine wildlife can get tangled in fishing lines, nets and plastic pollution.
- Take action to reduce negative impacts on the marine environment and make a pledge for the protection of the ocean
KS3 Educational Workshops
EXTINCTION AND CONSERVATION. (Age 11-14)
Invite students to learn about extinction and the threats that many species today are facing across the oceans! They will learn about why some species are in danger or disappearing, and the many threats that they are facing. Students will think about why it’s important for us to save different kinds of living things and the impact that extinction can have not just on the species affected, but the entire ecosystem. They will also learn about what gene banks are and how they help to save species from extinction and maintain biodiversity!
Students will:
- Broaden their knowledge on the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food chains, and how extinction can affect this.
- Demonstrate how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment.
- Discuss changes in the environment, both natural and man-made, that may leave species less well-adapted to compete successfully and reproduce, possibly leading to extinction.
- Explain how extinction could lead to dire consequences for both the ecosystem and for humans.
- Introduce biodiversity and how the endangerment of species can lead to a decrease in their biodiversity.
- Introduce the concept of gene banks to preserve hereditary material and how they help to preserve and conserve species.
