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SEAWEED DISCOVERY
EXPLORE VICTORIA’S BEACHES
AND DISCOVER WHY SEAWEED
ISN’T JUST A SMELLY WEED.
Seaweed is very important,
it provides marine animals with
food and shelter and is used
by humans for food, medicines
and fertilisers.
Seaweed can be found anywhere
along Victoria’s coast. Fresh seaweed
is washed up every day along the
daily tide line and along the high
animals that have been there for
a bit longer.
Before you start:
For your safety, always visit the
beach at low tide and with an
adult. Never touch sharp objects.
Wear a hat, long-sleeved shirt
and sunscreen to avoid sunburn.
Remember to take photos and
have fun, take your rubbish
home and leave all the creatures,
seaweeds and shells where they are.
SEAWEED FLOATS
Pop one of the bubbles on seaweed.
What is inside?
*See answer bottom left of page.
GO FOR A WALK ALONG THE BEACH AND SEE IF YOU
CAN FIND THESE AMAZING SEAWEEDS. TICK OFF WHAT
YOU FIND ON THIS SHEET AND COLOUR THE PICTURES.
Bull Kelp
This brown, tough and leathery
seaweed can grow up to 80 metres
tall. It grows in underwater forests
in shallow oceans.
Coralline Algae
When Coralline Algae is alive it comes
in pinks, purples or reds but when it
washes up on the beach, it bleaches
white by the sun.
Green Sea Velvet
This seaweed is velvety green and
Sea Apple
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Sea Lettuce
DID YOU KNOW THAT...
This bright green seaweed can
often be seen on the rock platform.
Sea Lettuce can be eaten and even
added to salads and soups.
You use Kelp every day? The slimy
stuff in Bull Kelp helps bind ice
cream, toothpaste and vegemite
together!
Small shark species like Port Jackson
Sharks lay their eggs in seaweed to
protect them from predators?
Neptune’s Necklace
Neptune’s Necklace can stay out
of the water at low tide because
it stores water in its small beadlike blades.
Seagrass
A Decorator Crabs snips off tiny bits
of seaweed and sticks them to its back
hide from predators in seagrass.
SEAWEED HOLDFAST
A seaweed’s holdfast is like a suction device
which attaches the seaweed to rocks using
a powerful ‘super glue’. Find seaweed that
has been washed up on the beach with a rock
attached to it. Try pulling the seaweed from
the rock. Did you manage to pull it off?
Phytoplankton are microscopic
algae that drift in the ocean and
are responsible for most of the
world’s oxygen?
SEAWEED HUNT
Seaweeds come in three basic
colours: brown, green and red.
When they have been on the beach
for a while they turn black or are
bleached white by the sun.
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the beach. Feel the seaweed and write
down what colour it is and describe what
it feels like. Words that you can use are:
hairy, soft, curved, shiny, spiky, slimy,
wet, sharp, prickly, bumpy, hollow,
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LET’S GO BEACHCOMBING!
AMAZING TREASURES SUCH
AS MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS,
EGG CASES, SEAWEED AND
SHELLS WASH UP EVERY DAY
ON VICTORIA’S BEACHES.
THESE TREASURES GIVE US
INTERESTING CLUES ABOUT
WHAT LIVES BENEATH THE WAVES.
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MID ZONE
Chequerboard snails
animals to feed on.
Barnacles
are stuck to
rocks with their
heads. When
the tide comes
in, they open
their armour-like
doors and stick
capture food.
Red waratah
anemones look
like red blobs at
low tide but when
the tide comes in,
they unfold their
red tentacles to
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protect themselves from predators.
Common sea stars
purples and reds and
have tiny little tube feet
to move around with.
LOW TIDE LINE
HIGH TIDE LINE
THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE ROCKY SHORES
CAN BE FOUND IN DIFFERENT ZONES ON THE ROCK
PLATFORM DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THEY CAN
SURVIVE OUT OF THE WATER.
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Rocky shores look different
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Waves shape our shores
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water warms up and turns
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Rockpools are found near
the low tide mark and come
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Seagrasses are plants that
live underwater. They provide a
habitat for tiny marine animals
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Stars push their stomach
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stomach into their body.
The Elephant Snail
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often completely covered
by a black mantle.
Neptune’s Necklace
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Tasmanian Blennies will
dart out from their holes in
rocky reefs to snap up tiny
shrimps and crabs.
This beautiful patterned
Pheasant Snail shell
comes in reds, pinks and
browns and is sometimes
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Purple Sea Urchins are
covered in spines which
help the urchins to move
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