Primary educators and communicators are invited to attend a fun and free ocean literacy CPD course spanning the course of three different days.
This course is aimed at any primary (KS1 and KS2) educators or communicators that want to include ocean literacy as part of a lesson plan or inform themselves further in this increasingly important topic. The CPD covers two online sessions and an in-person event at Wembury. Please note that all three sessions must be attended to gain the qualification.
AGENDA
Wednesday 11 June, 16:00–18:00 | Session 1: Online (with
Tamara Mortimer
and the Ocean Conservation Trust)
A brief introduction to the course aims, content and organisation with the University's Tamara Mortimer (Lecturer in Education), along with the global perspective given by the charity – Ocean Conservation Trust.
Saturday 14 June, 11:00–15:00 | Session 2: Field trip to Wembury Beach (led by South Devon National Landscapes and the University of Plymouth)
Rock pooling – Learn some of the stories of the organisms found on the shore and the challenges of living in that habitat. Stream dipping – simple water quality presence and absence and considerations on water quality. Beach games and children's books linked to ocean literacy will be available.
Wednesday 18 June, 16:00–18:00 | Session 3: Online (with
Dr Alun Morgan
and
Tamara Mortimer
)
This session is hosted by Dr Alun Morgan and Tamara Mortimer (both Lecturers in Education) from the University of Plymouth. Alun will teach you the benefits of learning outside the classroom linked to research. Tamara will talk about specific risk assessments for this type of work and the resources available to support it.
A closing survey will be available to capture feedback and information given on issuing the digital badges that support this free CPD!
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Email publicengagement@plymouth.ac.uk for any queries.