Activities for Kids

Whether you're a parent or teacher, the activities below can be printed out and should give you some fun ideas to keep kids amused with a marine theme!

Animal Puppets

Downloadable instruction sheets for making 3 marine animal puppets:

• Basking shark (Adobe Acrobat, 637Kb)
• Cuttlefish (Adobe Acrobat, 159Kb)
• Paper Plate Skate (Adobe Acrobat, 487Kb)

Environmental Awareness

Sensory activities to encourage kids to take a broader look at the seashore and what's around them.

• Count the Sounds of the Seashore Symphony
• Sound maps
• Beach detectives
• The artist's palette
• Pebbles on the beach
• Nature poems

Download "Getting In Touch" activity sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 23Kb)

Feeding and Food Webs

Activities to explain how different animals have different methods of feeding and are all interlinked in the ecosystem.

• Change gangs
• Tangled webs
• Food chain mobiles
• Food chain sculptures
• Ice cream sandwiches
• Filter feeders
• Dolphin/fish tag

Download "Feeding and Food Webs" activity sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 25Kb)

Habitats

Activties exploring the different places animals live.

• Animal addresses
• The habitat game
• How cool is a rockpool?
• Rocky rocks and cool crevices
• Count and compare
• Nature poems

Download "Habitats" activity sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 26Kb)

Identification & Classification

Games for getting children to think about the characteristics used to identify sea creatures.

• Who am I?
• Animal theatre
• Fantasea animals
• Meet a shell
• Animal shapes
• Design your own key
• Sorting animal shapes
• Shell key

Download "Identification & Classification" activity sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 43Kb)

People and the sea

Activities to think about conservation and environmental management of the seas.

• A world without a sea
• Oil slick
• Beach litter survey
• Here today - gone tommorrow!
• Poster design
• Pebble pledge

Download "People & the Sea" activity sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 26Kb)

Tide Times

Short activities covering the tidal cycle.

Download "Tide Times" activity sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 43Kb)

Download tide quiz sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 16Kb)

The Seashore Code

Information on shore side saftey.

Download "The Seashore Code" information sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 26Kb)

The National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum hosts a range of family activities and workshops.

View current workshops and activities

Ten Things!

Ten things you can do to help care for the marine environment.

Download "Ten Things!" action sheet
(Adobe Acrobat, 360Kb)