Our discovery-based workshops for pupils aged 7 to 11 help to develop their enquiry skills, furthering their knowledge and understanding of interrelationships, biodiversity and the need for conservation.
For detailed lesson plans and objectives please see our Downloadable Resources.
SCIENCE: CSI SHARKY
Help us solve this dastardly crime! Identify our mystery criminal by discovering who’s eating who. This exciting multi-activity workshop is based on food chains and predator-prey relationships. This session is suitable for the whole age-range.
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SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY: OUR WORLD'S PLASTIC PROBLEMS
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.
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SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY: LIFE ON THE REEF
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 explores the relationship between species who make the reef their home.’ Science: Living things and their habitats, Animals, including humans, Evolution and inheritance Geography: Locational knowledge, elements of physical geography.
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SCIENCE: PENGUIN DETECTIVES*
*Please note that this workshop only available from 20th May 2022.
This activity allows children to investigate animal 'families', with a particular focus on penguins. We look at how we might classify different animal groups, then use classification keys to identify different penguin species. Finally we learn more about penguins in their natural environments.
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NEW FOR 2022/23!
HOT NEWS! CLIMATE CHANGE
Hot News! Explore the ‘bigger picture’ of climate change.
Through experiments and interactive activities pupils begin to understand how CO2 is changing the chemistry of the oceans. Pupils explore how these changes affect coral reef and rock pool 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 their own choices and behaviour can action positive change.
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