As part of our coastline topic we paid a visit to Blackpool Sea Life Centre as part of our Cultural Capital experience. Children enjoyed looking at all the fish and were even able to touch a Mermaid Purse! They listened well to the staff who informed them all about these.
We discussed how the fish were living in water, which is physical geography, but their tank was human geography.
Children discussed that, when these fish are in the wild, their environment is completely physical geography.
Children especially enjoyed the sting rays and watching the fish swim by really relaxed them! We spoke about lots of different fish, different types of water they live in and how amazed they were by the jellyfish!
We saw a turtle living with the sharks, which was amazing for us all! We even found Nemo…