World Ocean Day - Primary
These engaging activities can be used to introduce World Ocean Day into lessons.
They include:
- a design and build exercise to create a 'grabber' to collect samples from the sea floor, whilst learning about the importance of collecting organisms from the sea bed
- activities looking at the effect of melting glaciers on sea levels
- the effect of rising temperatures on acidity levels in the ocean and the consequences for sea creatures
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The ice is melting
In this set of four activities from the European Space Agency, students explore the impacts of global warming and melting ice on the Earth. They learn the difference between land ice and sea ice, and will investigate the respective effects of these melting. They then design their own experiment to examine how...
Pressure in the deep
This activity has been designed to help pupils understand the effects of water pressure on animals that live in the deep sea.
To complete the activity, pupils simply need to put a mini marshmallow into a plastic syringe and cover the tip with their finger. Air pressure inside can be decreased by pulling the...
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| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Science |
|---|---|
| Age | 5-7, 7-11 |
| Published | 2020 to date |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxhoyd |
