Our recent visit to the Marine Education Centre was fantastic!
Judy and Victor, the marine biologists who run the centre, taught our year 3 and 4 children many, many things about the creatures that live in, on and around Wellington's rocky shore coastline. Our children were fascinated as Judy and Victor talked about penguins, sharks, sea cucumbers (which apparently vomit up their guts when threatened!)... the amount of different creatures was huge!
We all had a chance to explore the rockpools around the education centre, under the expert eye of Victor, who hopped from rockpool to rockpool, pointing out many interesting things to the children as they explored. We then went into the marine lab, where Judy showed off the extensive collection of marine animal 'guests' the centre currently has. The 'touch pool' was a highlight!
A fantastic day- an ideal way to begin our term-long research and action inquiry into "The Rocky Shore".
1 comment:
Great blog Richard. It seemed like a really positive learning experience for the kids. Great links down the side. I enjoy checking in and seeing the great things you are up to. I am blown away by the quality of art in your classroom. Awesome work.
Andrew
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