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New ‘Wild About Wildlife on the Seashore’ Toolkit for Teachers Launched
1st May 2021
On the seashore with the Explorers Education Programme crew for the Wild About Wildlife on the Seashore video series
Can you tell the difference between a gastropod and a bivalve? Do you know how to identify a decapod, amphipod or an isopod? And can you tell what fish can walk across seaweed, are slippery as butter or can hide in the sand?
It’s packed with over 50 online educational resources including films, species information sheets and-cross curricular worksheets, that aim to help teachers and children get engaged with marine science and learn about our wildlife on the seashore.
Explorers Education Project Features in New ‘European Blue Schools’ Handbook
12th April 2021
This handbook was recently released as part of the launch of the European Blue Schools project’s Find the Blue challenge, led by the EU4Ocean Coalition and supported by the European Commission – DG Mare.
“The Explorers Education Programme is among a number of leading outreach programmes in Europe that is recognised for greatly contributing to the promotion of environmental education and ocean literacy,” Evy Copejans, coordinator of the European Blue Schools programme, said.
“The Explorers project Our Ocean - Marine Legends, Fairy Tales and Folklore in Ireland, that was selected for the European Blue Schools handbook for teachers, features children s poems and artwork that were inspired by Irish marine legends and folklore around the coast of Ireland.