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Defending the Deep

A board game to learn about the deep sea and the potential impacts deep-sea mining can have on these sensitive ecosystems.

Students will simulate an oil spill and mimic different methods and materials to try to clean up the pollution in the ocean.

Students will create a sea otter puppet and act out how this species is essential to kelp forest habitats.

Using magnets, kids can mimic how sharks use a unique sensory system to locate their prey.

Students will learn why the ocean is salty and visualize why it’s easier to float in seawater than in freshwater.

Discover how long it takes for different materials to degrade by putting items (i.e. orange peel, plastic straw) along a timeline.

Learn about what is found in your coastal environment with this fun matching game.

Students construct a beach in a pan and investigate the effects of wind and waves on beach shape

Students create a watershed model using a plastic shower curtain, a spray bottle and some chairs!

Students are challenged to find and remove a baking soda contaminant from a container filled with damp sand.