KS2 WORKSHOP (Suitable for Years 3,4,5 and 6)
Secrets of the Shore - Rocking Rock Pools
Learn about the diverse, exciting and resilient nature of our coastal rock pool micro-habitats and the creatures that live there.
Learning Objectives
- To identify and name a variety of common plants and animals that inhabit rock pools.
- To understand how rock pool plants and animals adapt to their changing environments.
- To understand the impact of humans and environmental change on these micro-habitats.
Pre-Reading
- To read the first chapter of The Shell Secret (Schools Programme only) One copy supplied.
Content
- Introduction to Sue Palmer, The Shell Secret and today's workshop objectives.
- Why is our coast so special?
- What are intertidal zones? Meet some of the creatures that live there.
- Learn about some unusual survival strategies in our rock pools.
- Weird and wonderful rock pool creatures.
- The Shell Secret – healing powers of the coast.
- Threats to our rock pools and why the coast is so important to us all.
Learning Outcomes
- I can identify and name a variety of common plants and animals that inhabit rock pools.
- I can describe some of their survival strategies.
- I can list the threats to rock pool micro-habitats from both the environment and human behaviour.
- I understand how to protect our rock pools.
Resources Required
- Access to an Interactive Whiteboard. Large Table.
Follow Up - Optional
- Share your learning with other classes.
- Make a poster about protecting our rock pools.
- Follow Cornish Rock Pools or another marine biology organisation that writes about conservation.
- Write a short story from the perspective of one of the creatures you learned about today. Use some of the real dangers and survival strategies discussed.
