Coastal Discovery Booklet - Lower Primary activity

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l Disco a t v as Booklet Lower Primary Prep to Grade 2

Student Name: ...................................

School: .................................................

Beach: .................................................

Date: ....................................................

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Additional copies of the Coastal Discovery booklets can be downloaded from the Cradle Coast NRM website: www.cradlecoastnrm.com This project is supported by Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management (NRM), through funding from the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country.

Cradle Coast NRM works with the North West and Western Tasmanian communities to improve our natural resources and ensure a healthy future for the region.

Copyright Š Cradle Coast Authority 2010 No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express prior permission of the publisher.

Published by: Cradle Coast Authority PO Box 338 Burnie TAS 7320 Ph: 03 6431 6285 nrm@cradlecoast.com Booklet design and illustrations by Jen Evans Design and Consulting, Ulverstone, Tasmania

Keeping Safe at the Beach

To keep safe at the beach listen carefully to your teacher and follow the rules below Wear old shoes, a hat and sunscreen and take water.

Stick to the tracks to avoid trampling plants and animals.

Check to see if the tide is coming in.

Look out for big waves and don’t turn your back on the sea.

Be careful on slippery and sharp rocks.

Walk on the wet sand so you don’t tread on shorebird’s eggs and nests.

If you move rocks to look at crabs, put them back in the same place because it is their home.

Just look at rock pool animals. They can die if taken out of their rock pool home.

Pick up rubbish to keep our beaches clean but be careful of glass and any sharp objects.

Watch out for the Blue-ringed octopus. It hides in dark rock pools and if disturbed can change its rings to bright blue and orange. Its bite can be very dangerous.

Don’t put your hands in dark rock pools.

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Exploring at the Beach

In these spaces below draw and write about the different creatures’ homes you see on the beach. What lives in each of these areas?

Sand dunes/grassed areas

Beach-dry sand, above high tide

Rock pools

Beach-wet sand, below high tide

Colour cards Use the colour cards provided to find things that match the colours. For example: sand, grasses, shells, seaweed.

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Native Plants and Weeds

Using the Native Plant and Weed Identification Guides draw and write down what you find in the boxes below.

Native plants

Weeds (plants that do not belong)

Warning: Do not touch Sea spurge (picture right). It can hurt your eyes and irritate your skin.

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Native Plants and Weeds

In the boxes below, glue in samples of Native Plant and Weed rubbings

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Native Plants and Weeds

Look around for 5 different plants that you can draw from smoothest to roughest. Draw and describe in the boxes below. See if you can match any to the Native Plant or Weed Identification Guides.

Smoothest

Roughest

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Life in a Rock Pool

Use the Rock Pool Identification Guides to help you draw and describe what you see in the rock pool.

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Marine Debris and Beachcombing

Trash or Treasure Draw what you find on the beach in the boxes below Plastic and paper

Metal and glass

Wood and shells

Other

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Marine Debris and Beachcombing

Sand sculpture Make a building or a marine animal using seaweed and found objects (only safe objects!).

Insert photograph or drawing in the space below.

Sneaky Sniffer and the Sounds Around Find something on the beach that smells Salty ___________________________________________________________________________ Pleasant _______________________________________________________________________ Disgusting ______________________________________________________________________ Describe the sound you hear when you Put a shell to your ear____________________________________________________________ Squeeze wet sand ______________________________________________________________ Walk on dry sand _______________________________________________________________

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Marine Debris and Beachcombing

Sand Footprints What footprints can you find? Use the Footprint Identification Guide to find footprints in the sand and draw them.

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Extra Activities

Beach Scavenger Hunt Search the beach to find the things below

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some litter a piece of rope something precious something red something very old a large shell

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something living something dead a skeleton a colourful rock something shiny something spiky

Short story exercise Write a short story about the most interesting thing you have learned today and why it is important to know.

Colouring in Colour in the picture on the last page.

Drawing Draw a picture of your favourite marine creature.

Sea Creature exercise Choose a sea creature. It could be a penguin, seal, sea eagle or whale. Pretend you are that creature and write about your life. What do you eat, where do you live, who are your enemies? What are the other dangers to you and how can humans help to make your life better?

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Books and Websites

Books: Amazing Facts about Australian Marine Life: Steve Parish Australian Guide to Seashores; Gould League books Between Tasmanian Tide Lines; A Field Guide: Tasmanian Marine Field Neutralists Coastlands and the Sea: Activity Book- Understanding Australian Habitats Environmental Starters: Gould League Kids and Water: Marine Reader Series: Wet Paper Putting a toe in the water: A teacher’s guide:

Websites Gould League - www.gould.edu.au Marine Education Association of Australasia - www.mesa.edu.au Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Education - www.parks.tas.gov.au Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management - www.cradlecoastnrm.com

Other Resources: Marine Links Kit: Fishcare - Phone 0408337317 Coastcare Treasure Chests: box of coastal and marine related books and other resources available to lend to teachers. Two levels: lower and upper primary. Available from the Sustainable Living Centre, Hobart, phone: (03)6234 5566.

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Colour in the Marine Creatures

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