The Marine Conservation Society is bringing the #OceanIndoors with education sessions on Zoom starting from Tuesday 21 April. These should be of interest to all our Eco-warriors at St.Colum's P.S.
Webinars will be available via Zoom at the times listed below and will last approximately 30-45 minutes. Please note that webinars will only be available to the first 100 attendees and you must pre-register in advance.
Don't worry if you don't get to sign up recordings for previous sessions can be found on the MCS YouTube Channel.
Tuesday 21st April, 11 - 11:45am.
Best suited to 7 - 11 years.
This session will explore the issue of plastics, including the impacts and possible ways we can all help to reduce our environmental footprint. Data from MCS’ Great British Beach Clean will be examined and children encouraged to find ways to reduce the amount of single-use plastic they use. Follow up activities, including designing a campaign to reduce single-use plastic, will be provided. Register
Cool Seas Explorers: Aliens of the Deep
Tuesday 28th April, 11 - 11:45am.
Best suited to 7-11 years.
An exploration of the weird and wonderful creatures of the deep sea. We’ll look at some of the amazing the adaptations that help creatures to survive the challenging habitat of the Midnight Zone as we decend into the depths of our ocean. Follow up activities, including the challenge of designing a deep sea creature including key adaptations, will be provided. Register
Tuesday 5th May, 11-11:30am
Best suited to 5 - 8 years.
We’ll bring the seaside to you for this virtual dive into a rockpool. This session will introduce some of the amazing creatures that can be found on rocky shores around the UK, you’ll learn cool facts about how they live and we’ll share some amazing, natural artefacts from our beach in a box. Follow up activities will be provided.
Find out more and register now -> www.mcsuk.org/coolseaswebinars/