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Beach treasure hunts

This protocol was conceived in partnership with the Icelandic Museum of Natural History

How long does it take?
45-60 minutes

Who is it for?
  • School groups, youth groups
  • Up to 25 students
  • 6-10 years old

Materials:
  • Cardboard “Treasure box” decorated with stickers, paint or glitter
          Amount: 4
  • Laminated paper sheets with different items to find
         Amount: 8
         1 per group, with two different difficulties for younger or older children
  • Whiteboard markers
          Amount: 4
  • Stereoscopes
          Amount: 2
  • Binoculars
          Amount: 4
  • Magnifying glasses
          Amount: 4
Download the protocol and sheets here ->
beach_activity-protocol.pdf
File Size: 1694 kb
File Type: pdf
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Protocol (with approximate times):
    1. What are we doing today? Why? (5 minutes)
  • Explain that we are looking at different things, animals, and plants around the coast
  • It is important to pay attention to surrounding and local nature
  • It is possible to find treasure that we would not think about if we do not pay attention
  • The work of scientists is sometimes really similar: to pay really close attention to small things and see how they change over time. For examples, plants, birds, algae, etc.
    2. Walking to the beach
    3. Separating into four groups (5 minutes)
  • Define a place to meet
  • Every team goes with an adult supervisor
    4. Looking for different items, plants, and animals (30 minutes)
  • If something can’t be collected, the supervisor can take a picture
    5. Looking at everybody’s treasures (10 minutes)
  • Going through every team’s favorite treasure
  • Looking at objects like feathers, seaweeds, plants, under the microscope
    6. Retrospective: what did we learn today? (5 minutes)
Treasure hunt sheets for younger groups
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  • Home
  • Goals
  • Local Nature
    • Flora and Funga >
      • Flowering plants >
        • Arctic poppy
        • Cow parsley
        • Mountain avens
        • Nootka lupin
        • Purple saxifrage
      • Non-flowering vascular plants
      • Non-vascular plants
      • Algae
      • Fungi >
        • Reindeer lichen
    • Land mammals >
      • Carnivores >
        • American mink
        • Arctic fox
        • Red fox
      • Herbivores >
        • Reindeer
        • Muskox
      • Insectivores
    • Marine mammals >
      • Seals and Bears >
        • Harbor seal
        • Polar bear
        • Ringed seal
      • Whales and Dolphins >
        • Humpback whale
        • Minke whale
        • Orca
    • Birds >
      • Birds of prey >
        • Gyrfalcon
        • Snowy owl
        • White-tailed eagle
      • Land birds >
        • Rock ptarmigan
        • Rock pigeon
        • Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
      • Passerines >
        • Common raven
        • European starling
        • Snow bunting
      • Sea birds >
        • Atlantic puffin
        • Great cormorant
        • Northern fulmar
      • Seagulls >
        • Black-legged kittiwake
        • Arctic tern
        • Arctic skua
      • Waders >
        • Eurasian oystercatcher
        • Common ringed plover
        • Purple sandpiper
      • Water birds >
        • Red-throated diver
        • Barnacle goose
        • Common eider
  • Activities
    • Beach treasure hunts
    • Ice fishing
    • Seal monitoring
    • Shore ecosystem walk
  • News
  • Contact us