Marine Mammals Workshop

The Marine Mammals workshop is an introduction to cetaceans, their evolution and hands-on activities to better understand how to identify them and how they communicate. Children will be able to play detectives and meet our real size fabric Orca, named Pingu, from the strait of Gibraltar!

The level 2 of this workshop is also available and involves having a more in depth understanding of conservation measures for marine mammals by learning how to save a stranded dolphin and playing an interactive game “Dolphins and whirl pools” another version of snake and ladders with conservation questions and actions.

These workshops are both suitable for children from 2nd to 6th class.

Main Curriculum topics that are covered in this workshop

Junior: 

Working scientifically - Questioning, Observing, Predicting, Investigating and experimenting, Estimating and measuring, Analysing (Sorting and classifying)

Design and making -  Exploring, Planning, Making, Evaluating

Strand units and example on how this will be covered

Living things - Human life (our day-to-day, our impact on the oceans), Plants and animals (marine mammals species, fishes and corals)

Sound (communication and impact in the oceans)

Materials - Materials and change (looking at Whales teeth and changes in materials properties)

Environmental awareness - Environmental awareness and care, Science and the environment, caring for the environment( we will look at how we can enhance and improve our environment.