Waterway Archives

Become a Naturalist

Students will explore their outdoor surroundings to discover and learn about local flora and fauna.

Create a shoreline scavenger hunt utilizing local identification books for shells, seaweed, birds and other coastal things.

Kids will discover their natural surroundings by playing an interactive game of bingo with items that can be found at your beach or shoreline

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

Using materials and sand found on the beach, kids can create pieces of art

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

Students will learn about the importance of oysters to estuarine ecosystems and to the community.

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

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

Students learn what plankton are living in their local marine or freshwater habitats by building plankton nets.