Rocky+Shore

In Term 1 the Middle Team will be visiting Long Bay Marine Reserve as part of our Citizenship topic. We will explore the rock pools, do a beach clean up, become human cameras and do a scavenger hunt.

Rocky Shore Video

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**Long Bay: Useful Teaching & Learning Resources **
 * Science Learning Hub **

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Click on Images, Videos, Animations and Interactives to discover a series of excellent online interactive resources for use in the classroom. For example, explore the parts of a marine ecosystem and examine the parts of a sea star with short video clips.  A fun interactive activity in which students construct the ideal habitat for crab larvae to settle can be found here:

[]  A model-making activity introducing intermediate students to marine ecosystems and biodiversity can be found here:

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**<span style="color: #c414e0; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">New Zealand Marine Studies Centre **
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<span style="color: #ce16de; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">An excellent series of resources are available to download featuring activities relating to rocky shore species and conservation. =====

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A hard copy of the Northern NZ Rocky Shore Guide will have been included in your resource pack. This is the guide your educators will provide for use during your trip to Long Bay. Additional copies can be downloaded from here: <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">[]

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;"> <span style="color: #b010e8; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 1.33em;">Te Ara: The Encylopedia of New Zealand

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">[] <span style="color: #d60ce8; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">Information on all aspects of New Zealand marine life. Drill down to refine your search or enter a keyword to find specific information about a species. <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #da1fde; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Virtual Incredible Science **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">http://www.incrediblescience.co.nz/online/virtual-rocky-shore/

<span style="color: #be29e3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">An online game where students find rocky shore species and decide which feeding group they belong to.

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 * <span style="color: #cd1aeb; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Auckland Museum: New Zealand Marine Life App **

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An app designed for both iPhone and iPad featuring:
 * A search function to identify NZ marine life
 * High quality images for each species
 * The Māori names for common marine species
 * Information on the diet, habitat and characteristics of 260 marine species

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 * <span style="color: #b31ed9; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Enchanted Learning **

<span style="color: #d517e6; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">Lots of information on species living in the intertidal zone. Good for research projects with printouts for students to label and colour in.


 * <span style="color: #d512e6; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Useful Books **

<span style="color: #ca15e8; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">A number of colourful seashore guides can be found in all good book shops and ordered through your local library. Those written by Dave Gunson, Andrew Crowe, Ned Barraud and Gillian Candler are particularly good for children.

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 * Life on the Rocky Shore **


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<span style="color: #ab18de; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">An excellent series of short films suitable for primary students about marine life and research, from the NZ Marine Studies Centre...

=<span style="color: #ac1fde; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">Life in Rock Pools(5 mins) = <span style="color: #b510de; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">How do creatures survive in the extreme world of a rock pool?

=<span style="color: #b411ed; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">MM2: While We're Away (2½ mins) = <span style="color: #da14de; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">Do the chitons in my quadrat ever creep? Discover the rovers of the rocky shore by watching your quadrat take a dip in this time-lapse exploration of the things that happen, While We're Away!

Take the time to look, and you will be amazed to find what is hiding on the rocky shore. Meet some of our more crusty critters!
 * <span style="color: #b217e8; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Crabs (2 mins) **

= What Makes a Fish a Fish?(2½ mins) = <span style="color: #cf18ed; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">We think we know what fish are, but is a seahorse a fish? How about a jellyfish, or a catfish? <span style="color: #cf18ed; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">Find out exactly how to work out what is a fish and what is not.

=<span style="color: #c816f5; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">Mudflat Mysteries (1 min) = What goes on beneath that broad glassy surface while the water's in? Find out with this underwater time-lapse of the marine mudflats!

<span style="color: #eb0af0; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Worms (2 mins) <span style="color: #e615eb; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">T <span style="color: #df17e3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">ube Worms are adapted to life on the rocky shore. Find out how they survive between the tides.


 * <span style="color: #ca15e8; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 140%;">The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) **

<span style="color: #c111ed; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">The BBC Scotland documentary ‘The Secret Life of Rock Pools’, suitable for intermediate students is available to view here: <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">[] = = <span style="color: #ca0ee8; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Part 1** (25 mins) includes great footage of hermit crabs swapping shells; fish hiding between rocks when the tide is out; biological clocks; seaweeds; and crab moulting and reproduction.

<span style="color: #cd09ed; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Part 2** (9 ½ mins) includes footage of shrimps and barnacles.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive;">Search “Rocky Shore” and “Goat Island Marine Reserve” for other videos