Teaching Resources

Based on our Nature Investigations Mini Series on YouTube, these teaching resource packs can be used as individual lessons (a lesson per episode), or a complete unit (per topic), with a pre- and post-assessment. South African environmental content brought to you by Teacher Megan, Sea Sally and Junior Ranger Tom (with cameos from mascot Kai and little Kate). Great bite-sized introductory videos with accompanying lesson plans and worksheets for each episode (that can be made into a 9-page booklet) as well as a quiz covering the content from all the episodes

The Floating Blue Community

“Come along and learn with me,
about the Floating Blue Community”
~ Junior Ranger Tom

The Floating Blue Community (Workbook and Lesson Plans)

Float along with us as we learn more about the bizarre world of bluebottles, sea swallows, violet storm snails and other intriguing members of the Floating Blue Community. This 6 part mini-series focuses on giving a brief overview of each of the various role players in this drifting community.

Episode List:

1 – Introduction to the Floating Blue Community, includes the quiz questions
2 – Bluebottles
3 – Blue Buttons and By-the-Wind Sailors
4 – Buoy Barnacles
5 – Violet Storm Snails and Sea Swallows
6 – Columbus Crabs, threats to this community and the answers to the quiz

The Kelp Forest Community

“Come along and learn with me,
about the Kelp Forest Community”
~ Junior Ranger Tom

The Great African Kelp Forest (Workbook and Lesson Plans)

Beneath the waves, along our coast, there is an abundance of life to be found in the great African kelp forest. Learn about its many functions, its importance as a climate change mitigator, and how some people make use of it along the Cape Kelp Forest Trail

Episode List:

1 – Introduction to the Kelp Forest, includes the quiz questions
2 – Kelp Forest Food Web
3 – Environmental Conditions
4 – Kelp Industry, including the Cape Kelp Forest Trail
5 – Threats to Kelp Forests
6 – Kelp Forest Conservation, includes the answers to the quiz

Educational 'Lesson Plan' worksheet for 'The Floating Blue Community' (Marine Science, Grade 4-9), detailing objectives, vocabulary words (cnidocyst, phyla, planktonic, arthropods), lesson focus, learning activities, and assessment, with illustrations of a sea turtle and a shark.
Educational worksheet titled 'What is the Floating Blue Community?' featuring a 'fill in the missing words' activity about marine organisms, accompanied by a vocabulary word bank and the 'Guardians of the Deep' logo at the bottom.