Learning about Ocean Animals Virtually

Today, my Kindergarten classes learned about the amazing animals in the ocean from marine biologist Abbie Hines.  Abbie resides in the United Kingdom but does most of her work in the Seychelles, islands located in the Indian Ocean.  Abbie is also a Marine Educator, Diver, Conservationist, Founder of WiseOceans (www.wiseoceans.com), and a Project Leader for Save our Seas Foundation (www.saveourseas.com) running a school's marine education project in Seychelles.

The lesson today was called "Let's See Who Lives in the Sea" and was a visual look at the variety of creatures who live in our oceans.

Students got to see a selection of photos highlighting some of the incredible diversity we have in our oceans. The children were able to hear a short explanation of the different creatures from a real life Marine Biologist!

Abbie's goal with these virtual lessons is to give the students knowledge about the life in the oceans so that we are much more likely to preserve it. By instilling this at a young age we really start to develop budding young marine biologists!

The students were able to ask a variety of questions, ranging from her life as a marine biologist to wonderings about the variety animals like "how do turtles eat jellyfish"?

It was an informative and once in a lifetime experience for these kids.