Primary education resources - English

Work through the numerous activities on the wonders of marine life to learn all about marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

This section is aimed at primary level students with educational resources for teachers and parents. Teacher’s notes on each of these activities are available once you enter each module.

The resources have been divided into three modules (Marine Biology, Marine Ecology and Marine Awareness). You will find that all of these activities will compliment your school curriculum, for example all of these modules can be found within ‘Living things and the variety of life’, ‘Caring for the environment’.

Additional resources, including downloadable posters, about the marine bidiversity and the MarBEF project are available from the Resources section of the outreach website.

Level 1 (4-6yrs)

1. Marine Biology
   • Activity 1 - ABCs
   • Activity 2 - Name the parts

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2. Marine Ecology
   • Activity 1 - Take a trip to the seaside
   • Activity 2 - Help the marine animals to find their homes?

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3. Marine Awareness
   • Activity 1 - How to care for the marine environment

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Level 2 (7-10yrs)

1. Marine Biology
   • Activity 1 - Marine Scavenger Hunt
   • Activity 2 - Secret Invertebrate Lives

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2. Marine Ecology
   • Activity 1 - Examining different marine environments
     • Issue 1 - Arctic Ocean
     • Issue 2 - Baltic Sea
     • Issue 3 - Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
     • Issue 4 - Atlantic Ocean
     • Issue 4 - North Sea

   • Activity 2 - Why do they look they way they do?

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3. Marine Awareness
   • Activity 1 - How to care for the marine environment
   • Activity 2 - Test your knowledge on how to care for the marine environment

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Level 3 (10-12yrs)

1. Marine Biology
   • Activity 1 - Life Style Information Report
   • Activity 2 - Who wants to be a Marine Biologist?

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2. Marine Ecology
   • Activity 1 - Examining different marine environments
     • Issue 1 - Arctic Ocean
     • Issue 2 - Baltic Sea
     • Issue 3 - Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
     • Issue 4 - Atlantic Ocean
     • Issue 4 - North Sea

   • Activity 2 - The web of life

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3. Marine Awareness
   • Activity 1 - Seashore Journal
   • Activity 2 - Every Species Counts
   • Activity 3 - Dangerous Debris

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Marine Biodiversity Websites

An overview of marine biodiversity websites in Europe was carried out in 2006. This report priovides a summary of the top websites which were active at the time and the target audiences for each website. A number of websites had educational material which may be of interest to you and also compliments the information here

You can download the report here in pdf format

These activity sheets are designed for direct use in the classroom.

Permission is granted to copy for non-commercial use by teachers and students.

Please let me know how they worked for you.

Activity sheets are available in Adobe PDF formats only. Adobe Acrobat Reader, available FREE, is required as a plug-in for your browser to download and print the student activity sheets.