PSTT Seashore Science Resource

Seashore Science is a ‘pick up and go’ set of 15 lessons to carry out at the beach, all with minimal requirements for equipment and preparation. The lessons cover substantive concepts relating to the biological, chemical and physical sciences, and they all offer opportunities to develop disciplinary knowledge and to learn and apply skills of working scientifically. The lessons are highly adaptable so they can be used with any primary age, and in a variety of coastal locations and types of shoreline.

Each Seashore Science lesson contains:

• Expected learning outcomes for children’s conceptual development as well as skills of working scientifically that the children might learn and apply
• Key vocabulary
• Pre-visit checklist – what to do before you go to the beach
• At the beach – a step-by-step list of suggestions about what to do
• Key questions to support children’s thinking and explaining
• Ideas for extending learning back in the classroom
• Suggestions for further resources related to the lesson
• Background science explanations to support teachers
• Links to UK science curricula