This session focuses on the problem of microplastics.
Nurdles are tiny plastic pellets used to make most of our plastic products. Unfortunately, spillages and mishandling by industry mean that nurdles easily escape and get washed into the sea. It is estimated that 53 billion nurdles escape into the UK environment each year!
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This session focuses on ocean plastics and the problem it causes locally and globally. We will look at the impact litter has on the river and strandline as well as in Lyme Bay, an important Marine Reserve. We will focus on the food chain and ecosystems as well as collecting rubbish. We will discuss recording the rubbish collected for Citizen Science and how the data we collect better informs organisations and government in policy making. The students will then focus on recycling and the problems faced by the disposal of the rubbish collected. Students can consider the time scales it takes for decomposition of different types of rubbish and the wider impact it has on the sustainability of the planet.
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Welcome a Warden into your classroom and we can guarantee the class will have a fun, interactive and memorable experience! 2 hours jam-packed with art, role play, group activities and more! Each child will even get to take a real fossil home – either polishing up a real ammonite or sieving for their very own shark teeth.
Combine a Virtual Dinosaur Detective session with 2 week hire of our Fossil Loan box, for the ultimate classroom package!
Live Warden lesson: Inspire your class for a whole hour with a palaeontologist! Via Zoom, or other platform, the Warden will engage the children, showing them plenty of fossils, both big and small. No session would be complete without a chance for the class to ask the Fossil Warden questions too. The session will be tailored to your group, so please get in touch if you have a particular topic in mind. Topics can include, but are not limited to the following:
Inspire your class for a whole hour with a palaeontologist! The Warden will engage the children, taking them behind the scenes to see plenty of fossils on display, both big and small. No session would be complete without a chance for the class to ask the Fossil Warden questions too. The session will be tailored to your group, so please get in touch if you have a particular topic in mind. Topics can include, but are not limited to the following:
Take your class out on the beach where they can discover and take home their own fossils with our trained Wardens.
Prior to the session you will be sent an introductory video teaching the group everything you need to know about fossils, fossil formation and how to hunt safety! Once in Charmouth, your Warden will do a quick recap for the group, before everyone heads straight onto the beach to go fossil hunting! These sessions will now take place entirely outdoors.
All relevant health and safety information is given to the children before heading out onto the beach, accompanied by the Warden, to look for fossils. All finds during the day can be taken back to school or home at the end of the session. We advise you to bring a small freezer bag for each child to put their fossils in.
Click here to watch a sneak preview of our school fossil hunting trips, video courtesy of the Natural History Museum.
In addition to your session, we welcome you to book to visit our Centre, to see the fantastic fossils on display inside. Entry to the Centre is free, but as a small charity donations are welcome.
Take a ramble over the rocks to discover the weird and wonderful plants and animals that live on our seashore and how they have adapted to living in this challenging environment.
The group meets the Marine Warden at the large metal anchor by Cobb Gate car park, Lyme Regis before a short walk takes you to the site of Broad Ledge. All relevant health and safety information is given to the children before heading out onto the rock pooling area. All necessary equipment is provided by the Centre.
We want you to get the most out of your Seashore Safari, so we recommend looking at dates from April – September when the water will be warmer, meaning more creatures will be out and about! (more…)
Using the beach area at Charmouth, how do we use the coastal environment and what natural processes affect it? Coastal mapping, eroding sandcastles, what makes a wave and beach profiles.
All relevant health and safety information is given to the children before heading out onto the beach. All necessary equipment is provided.