Our experienced Education Team offer National Curriculum based workshops and hands-on activities, tailored for all Key Stages from EYFS to Post-16 and SEND.
You can find more details of our workshops including lesson plans and objectives by following the Key Stage links below.
Science, Geography & Citizenship
Climb on board the Unimog for a Coastal Safari along Spurn Point. Play I Spy on your journey to where the land meets the sea, spot amazing native animals and find out who hides among the seagrass meadows and oyster beds. Discover who lives and works at this special place and why it needs protecting.
Cross Curricular
‘Let’s take a selfie,’ says the explorer Percy Penguin as he travels from The Deep on his World Tour. Along the way Percy investigates a variety of animals in their natural habitat and begins to realise there’s no place like home.
In this story and multi activity workshop children investigate hot and cold places, the types of animals who live there and how they are suited to their home.
Science and Citizenship
People will keep leaving litter about...
Can you help the seaside animals get free of all that rubbish?
This story and play session helps children understand how their actions can affect living things and encourages them to show care and concern for the environment.
For detailed lesson plan and objectives please click here.
Art and Design
Meet The Deep’s river turtles, enjoy a story and create a mini–Rio turtle puppet of your own.
This story and art session allows children to learn about The Deep’s River Turtles and consider the threats to turtles in the wild.
This session allows children to develop skills in the area of expressive arts and design.
For detailed lesson plan and objectives please click here.
Dive under the water to find out who lives in the Big Blue Sea.
Can you help our marine friends to give our story a happy ending?
This story and play session allows children to develop their imaginative language skills.
Science, Geography & Citizenship
Following Sam’s blog of his Seagrass Safari at the Nature Reserve at Spurn Point, learners become explorers using maps and fieldwork skills to learn about coastal environments and the native animals who make it their home. We then consider the work of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust who help restore the precious seagrass meadows and oyster reefs and learn why they are so important and need protecting.
Geography, Science and Citizenship
How is the water in our oceans changing?
Learn how climate change affects ocean habitats and the animals that live there.
Through a range of interactive games, learners begin to understand the effects of climate change on marine environments. We examine how people who work at The Deep help the animals that live across the world and consider what changes learners can make to reduce their carbon footprint.
Science
How are our bodies like those of marine creatures? How are they different?
Observe and compare animal characteristics in this enjoyable multi-activity workshop.
Geography and Science
Our island home has a very long coastline, more than 10,000 miles! It has lots of interesting features and is home to many different animals. Let’s explore their habitats.
This multi-activity workshop takes us on a seaside journey exploring the term ‘habitat’ and classifying common creatures. Learners investigate the diversity of the UK’s seaside habitats while learning about the range of animals that make their homes by the coast.
Geography, Science and Citizenship
Take a trip with Kal the Killer Whale on a journey around the five oceans of the world.
During Kal’s travels, we encounter different animals who need help. Using storytelling, interactive activities and discussion, children explore the effect of plastics on the ocean and the animals that live there and begin to think about what action they can take to help the planet.
Geography
Pick up your passports and travel the world!
We start by looking at NASA images on the fantastic 3D Magic Planet.
This multi-activity workshop highlights the similarities and differences between continents, encouraging learners to appreciate the amazing variety of our world – its climates, landscapes and inhabitants.
Science and Geography
What kind of animals live in cold places? How do penguins survive in the freezing cold?
With the help our fantastic revolving Magic Planet we locate the coldest places in the world and discover more about the characteristics, feeding relationships and habitats of polar animals.
Science, Geography and Citizenship
Calling all young conservationists! Assist us in keeping our planet healthy. You will be tasked with looking at features of our unique local coasts. Dive into detail using The Deep’s interactive activities to learn about local marine ecosystems and active Conservation Projects to restore seagrass habitats and oyster reefs at Spurn Point.
Science, Geography and Citizenship
Hot News! Explore the ‘bigger picture’ of climate change. Through experiments and interactive activities learners begin to understand how CO2 is changing the chemistry of the oceans. We explore how these changes affect coral reef and rockpool habitats and the animals who live there. Discover how The Deep’s aquarists are working to help animals impacted by climate change and consider how our own choices and behaviour can action positive change.
Science
Help us solve this dastardly crime!
Identify our mystery criminal by discovering who’s eating who.
Explore predator-prey relationships, ocean food chains and improve your microscope skills.
For detailed lesson plan and objectives please click here.
Science, Geography and Citizenship
Why are our world’s oceans so important?
How are our oceans and the animals that live there being affected by plastics?
Consider the impact of human behaviour on our oceans and ways in which The Deep, other organisations and you can reduce your plastic footprint.
Science and Geography
View our ocean world with the help of NASA images and our amazing digital globe. Then take a closer look at one special ocean habitat – the coral reef.
In this multi-activity workshop pupils investigate the location of reefs, the coral animal itself and explore the relationship between species who make the reef their home.
Science and Geography
Welcome to the world of penguins…
In this activity based workshop use classification keys to identify penguin species and investigate the unique adaptation features which ensure their survival.
Learn about Antarctic predator and prey relationships and how human and environmental factors pose a threat to animals in this extreme environment.
Why are The Deep’s penguins so important?
Biology, Geography & Citizenship
Experience some of the challenges faced by local conservationists in attempting to establish important coastal habitats. How does climate change affect us here in the UK and what can be done to mitigate the damage? This workshop asks learners to play the role of conservationist in the effort to protect the East Yorkshire coastline.
Art
Create and sketch a coral garden and draw incredible creatures. Extend your skills by practicing imaginative drawing and drawing from life using our interesting private collection. Our collection has been donated by past collectors or has been ethically sourced in-line with our principles as a conservation charity. This practical workshop covers both imaginative drawing and drawing from life, and allows learners to extend their skills as they work with our diverse collection of marine life resources. The Deep can supply HB pencils & A4 copy paper, but you are welcome to bring your own drawing materials too.
Geography and Citizenship
Plastic in our oceans is a worldwide problem that needs solving. This session uses fun practical work and discussion to investigate: looking at why, where and what we can do about it.
Science and Citizenship
This informal interactive discussion based workshop explores the effects of global warming. Using the 3D magic globe and bioartefacts, learners are encouraged to consider the effects of increasing sea temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing acidity and oxygen loss. To conclude learners consider their own personal impact, the overall impact of humans and the measures that could be implemented to aid ocean recovery and help save the planet.
Biology, Geography & Citizenship
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are using funding from Orsted to return Seagrass and Oyster habitats to the East Coast. This workshop explores their vital conservation work and the challenges faced along the Holderness coastline. Learners then take on the role of conservationist and attempt to restore habitats in order to protect the landscape.
Science and Citizenship
This discussion based workshop explores and examines the effects of global warming in our oceans. Using accredited data, the 3D magic globe and bioartefacts, learners will develop their understanding of increasing global oceanic temperatures and levels, acidification and deoxygenation occurring in the oceans. Finally learners are encouraged to consider their own impact on the environment, and suggest possible personal, local and global solutions to lessen carbon dioxide output and allow the oceans the opportunity to recover.
Science and Citizenship
This workshop initially looks at the need for conservation and research work and how the two link together. Learners are then asked to discuss six different conservation projects, all of which took place at the Deep. They make decisions on which is the most important, which should be funded and so on..
Geography and Citizenship
Plastic in our oceans is a worldwide problem that needs solving. This session uses fun practical work and discussion to investigate: looking at why, where and what we can do about it.
This self-directed session uses the varied collection of items related to marine life owned by The Deep. We put these out on display for your learners to observe and draw. The collection includes coral skeletons and replicas, various exoskeletons, large tropical shells, shark teeth, jawbones and egg cases. Please note that most of the collection has been donated by past collectors and all other items have been ethically sourced in-line with our principles as a conservation charity.