Complete this
activity for 2
hours credit
in your learning
passport
Ocean Tunnel
Take a walk underneath the waves and meet our tropical residents.
Trivia Questions:
What type of water is
in the ocean
display?
a) Fresh water.
b) Salt water.
And what
temperature is it?
a) Warm.
b) Cold.
Fun fact:
Green sea turtles can stay
underwater for up to 5 hours!
Rockpool
Visit our interactive rockpool and meet starfish, crabs and anemones.
Activity:
Touch a starfish or crab in the rockpool. Are you brave enough?
Make a list below of all the adjectives you can think of to describe the creature that you touched.
Trivia:
Starfish have an amazing way of eating.
How do they do it?
a) They catch prey with their tongues.
b) They push their stomachs out of their bodies.
Fun fact:
If anemones are not eaten
or destroyed, they can live
for decades!
Clownfish Kingdom
Take a peek in the coral caves and meet the colourful clownfish.
Activity:
Draw the corals & other creatures that live with
the clownfish.
Fun fact:
25% of all marine fish live
on coral reefs!
Trivia:
Clownfish live among anemones.
How do they live there without
getting stung by their
poisonous tentacles?
a) They have a coating on their
skin which makes them immune.
b) They are very careful not to
touch them.
Native Rays
Get a little closer to home and meet the creatures that
live closer than you think.
Activity:
Some of these are true species of ray. Some are made up! Draw a line to ‘True’ or ‘False’
depending on what you think.
Thornback
Sun
True
Cuckoo Spotted
Moon
Striped
False
Trivia:
How do you think the rays’ colouring helps
them survive?
a) They can change colour when danger is close.
b) They can camouflage to avoid predators.
Fun fact:
Rays are a member
of the shark family!
Sharks
Meet the sharks that are friendlier than you think!
Activity:
How many of the words below can you
find in the word search?
FINNING
HOOKS
JAWS
MEDITERRANEAN
MEGALODON
NETS
OCEAN
PREDATOR
PUPS
TEETH
Fun fact:
Sharks have been around for
longer than the dinosaurs!
Trivia:
A Whale Shark weighs the same
as…
a) 2 African elephants.
b) 3 London buses.
Conservation
What can you do to protect our environment and the creatures
that live in it?
Activity:
Write down as many actions that you can do at home to help the environment, for example, turn
off the tap while you’re brushing your teeth.
Trivia:
Once a plastic bottle is in the ocean, how many years does it
take for the plastic to break down?
a) 200 years.
b) 450 years.
No so fun fact:
Turtles sometimes mistake
plastic bags in the ocean for
jellyfish and eat them, which
can be very harmful.