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Rock Pool Exploring

A companion sheet — print it, scribble on it, keep it or recycle it

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What we're doing

A tide-timed trip with a clipboard and a bucket.

  • About 120 minutes
  • Nature
  • Trip / Experience

Gather these

  • Bucket
  • Net
  • ID card
  • Sensible footwear

Step by step

  • Check tide times and go on a falling tide.
  • Look before you scoop.
  • Identify and count species.
  • Return everything exactly where you found it.

Worth talking about

Coastal habitats
Adaptation
Tides
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Record what happened

There's no wrong way to fill this in

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What we did

Write, list or draw — whatever suits today.

Skills we touched on

SkillHow it showed up

Reflect together

What surprised you about rock pool exploring?
What was the easiest part? What was the fiddliest?
What would you change if you did it again tomorrow?
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Take it further

Three doors out of the same activity

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If it felt tricky

Look and photograph only; no nets.

If it felt easy

Compare species at high and low points of the shore.

If you'd rather do it differently

Do the same at a pond, with pond dipping.

Next time, we could

  • Try it outdoors
  • Invite a friend or sibling
  • Stretch it over a whole week

Our own ideas