Clean Coast Outer Hebrides works with schools, scientific institutions, businesses, and community resources to enhance marine science education and literacy in the Outer Hebrides community.
Resources for Parents Dealing with #COVID19 School Closures
We do not endorse or recommend any of the following websites or materials but offer the links as a service to parents who are looking for educational activities. We provide these links because we either known them to be useful or have used them. There are more links to educational sites and fun ocean science related games further down this list.
Fieldtrips
Over 30 Virtual Fieldtrips with Links https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/mobilebasic Online New Zealand Fieldtrips and Climate Change Exercise http://www.learnz.org.nz/climatechange201/readings Virtual Fieldtrips with Discovery Education https://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/ Google VR Expeditions (best seen using VR headset but 360 degree view works on a computer too). List of over 900 virtual expeditions here. List of education companies offering free subscriptions because of the school closings: http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ Global Trek http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/ National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour The Geology of Britain in Minecraft https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/minecraft/home.html#/6232/64/22413/-11/0/0 Panoramas of the World https://www.360cities.net/
Code Based Educational Resources
Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/ Code.org https://code.org/ Etoys http://www.squeakland.org/
Educational Activities & Materials
Storlann (gaelic) https://www.storlann.co.uk/ WHOI https://seagrant.whoi.edu/suggested-educational-resources-for-use-during-school-closures/ Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ Learn from home resources https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/resources/scholastic-learn-at-home–free-resources-for-school-closures.html Tapkins https://tapkins.com/ Starfall https://www.starfall.com/h/ Fun math games (can ”assign” stuff from a parent account, 1-8 grade ) https://www.prodigygame.com/ Learning Scientists https://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2020/3/19/digest-142?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_post_from_the_learning_scientists&utm_term=2020-03-20 The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is going to go live every weekday at 3pm to showcase one of their animals and also give an at home activity https://www.facebook.com/61800120478/posts/10158043843010479/ EDx (higher level) https://www.edx.org/ The Science of Weather: Harvard University (higher level) https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/backyard-meteorology-science-weather?delta=0 Energy and Environmental Constraints https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/energy-within-environmental-constraints?delta=0 Health Effects of Climate Change https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/health-effects-climate-change?delta=0 Ethical Hacking Masterclass https://www.udemy.com/course/ethical-hacking-from-top-university-professor/?couponCode=FREE33 Online Rocks https://www.e-rock.co.uk/
Maths
Professor Leonard (Math) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHhuummRZaIVX7bD4t2czg PatrickJMT https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickJMT My Open Math https://www.myopenmath.com/ PreCalculus https://www.edx.org/course/discovery-precalculus-a-creative-and-connected-app Flipped Math https://www.flippedmath.com/ Purple Math https://www.purplemath.com/ Aida Calculus https://www.pearson.com/en-us/learner/products-and-services/learning-apps-development/aida.html
Online Schools
Free, and paid, courses to consider online at: Udemy, Coursera, Edx, Udacity
Fun Games and Classroom Resources
Foster enthusiasm and deep learning by asking your students to collaborate and play the THE BIG CATCH from We Are The Oceans (WATO) today!
Interactive marine science from WHOI
NASA: For Educators
Underwater volcanoes are called seamounts, but you can still learn alot about volcanism and it’s impacts here: EARTH GIRL or choose to help Earth Girl save people from giant ocean waves called TSUNAMIS.
Simple but fun plastic pollution games
Play: Dumb Ways to Kill The Ocean here
Plastics and human health SERC
Teaching GeoEthics Across the Geoscience Curriculum
How teachers can empower the climate generation
Diving into hands on learning
Schools and Community Groups
We are available to provide advice, logistical support, materials, and outreach for local school and community groups. If you are a school or community group and would like more information please get in touch with us via email at: hello@cleancoastoh.com
Education is the key to opportunity. It’s a ticket out of poverty. – George H.W. Bush
For educators Clean Coast Outer Hebrides is available to provide advice on the structured development of existing classroom activities using up to date science-based information. We are trained and are available for consultation on the creation and implementation of:
Quantifiable learning objectives
Experiential learning activities
More inclusive activities
Learning objectives and rubrics
Flipped classroom pedagogy
Learner centered teaching
Content and language integrated learning
Reducing student apathy and increasing motivation
We also have direct experience of the development and structure of low budget high impact educational experiences (e.g., Barnard et al., 2017), and are able to identify and reach potential corporate and governmental funding streams. Our mission is to empower you, the educators, to develop the next generation of front line classroom activities.
Mass balance of plastics in the marine environment. The large gray arrows indicate fluxes into and out of the marine environment, including potential biodegradation of plastics. The boxes indicate reservoirs of plastic debris, and the black arrows indicate potential pathways of plastics between reservoirs. Fragmentation of plastics caused by weathering and biological processes can occur in all reservoirs, especially when exposed to sunlight (Law, 2017).
Links to Relevant Literature:
Review paper on plastic pollution (Law, 2017)
Review paper on acoustic pollution (Southall et al., 2019)
Derelict fishing gear (ghost nets) paper (Good et al., 2010)
Please contact us at hello@cleancoastoh.com with questions/comments.
Organisations
Learn about microplastics with WHOI magazine here and webinar.
Microplastics at WHOI and NOCS
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
STEM Crew: Free Teaching Resources for Science, Design & Technology & Maths
Scottish Government Marine Litter Strategy
Keep Scotland Beautiful
The Wildlife Trust: Living Seas
USA Marine Debris Program
Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO), data mapping migratory species and their interconnectivity in the world’s oceans.
A Grain of Sand inspirational consultancy driving positive change
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust education programs
Marine Conservation Society
Keep Britain Tidy
Fidra
SERC
STRIDE
Surfers Against Sewage Education
Parley
Summer Institute for Climate Change Education
Sky Ocean Rescue
Not Whale Food
Ecologisers
Notplastic
Litter Literate Litter Literate: a Zero Waste Scotland Initiative
For ocean data visualization we recommend Geomapapp!
Awesome information about plastic pollution Oberk (thanks to Mikayla and her awesome assistant for this one!)