Ages 9 to 12 Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Sailors for the Sea

Plastic Beach

Students carry out a beach transect, learning about the prevalence and sources of plastic pollution in the oceans. 

Cloudy Waters

Students create a simple scientific instrument and learn about the role of sediment in their local waters.

A Story of Sand

A hands on activity that illustrates the different sources of sand including biological, geological and man-made.

Dirty Water Challenge

Students learn about the water cycle and the principles of filtering water by building and testing their own filters.

Estuary Salt Front

Students create mini-coastal environments and introduce nutrients to see what happens in the estuaries where fresh and salt water meet.

Flowing Downstream

Students illustrate the effects of the land use in a watershed by simulating development of their own riverfront property. 

Biomagnification Game

A tag inspired game that demonstrates how plastics and the chemicals in plastics are biomagnified to reach our dinner plates.

Oyster Tag

A game of freeze tag that gives an understanding of the interaction of oyster reefs and toxic waste (pollution) in the water.

Sustainable Matching Game

A simple matching game for visually identifying fish and gaining an understanding of which can be sustainably harvested.