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What it actually looks like
Photos from Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region's website
Our note
The workshop costs nothing, but getting the class to the beach is on you and that is the part that will decide whether you can run it. Block off most of a school day, because four to five hours with a beach in the middle is a long stretch for younger children. Ask which beach they have in mind before you book the bus.
What the children do
A workshop on the connection between people and aquatic ecosystems, covering local watersheds, water pollution, biodiversity, marine food webs and human impacts in the biosphere region. It is made up of a presentation, classroom activities on marine food webs and water pollution, and a beach seine at a local beach or at the Deep Bay Marine Field Station. The site says the whole thing runs about 4 to 5 hours, and that the materials can be modified to suit the class's availability. It is free, but the class arranges and pays for its own travel to the beach.
Sit for a presentation and then work at tables on marine food webs and water pollution. The rest of the day is spent on a beach, pulling a seine net through the shallows and looking at what comes up in it.
Good to know
Half of this is indoors in your own classroom and half is on an open beach, so plan for weather, footwear and a change of clothes. Nothing is published about washrooms at the beach, lunch, or how many adults have to come, so ask when you book.
Washrooms
Needs confirmation
Lunch space
Needs confirmation
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
Needs confirmation
Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
Needs confirmation
Restrictions
The workshops are available to schools and organizations within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region.. Each class is responsible for its own transportation to the outdoor destinations.
No travel. They come to you — nothing to book, no ratio change on the road.
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