Healthy Ocean School Project

The Explorers Healthy Ocean School Project provides, teachers, students and their school an opportunity to become ocean literate, marine leaders, and engaged in their community as active citizens.

The School Project creates a mutual learning experience for teachers and their students, where they can develop their competencies and skills. The project also enables schools to gain recognition for their students achievements where they get to work across varied disciplines to solve challenging problems.

Adopting a cross curricular thematic approach, the Explorers healthy ocean school projects are completed using one of the following themes: STEAM, ocean literacy and the arts, sustainable development goals, and marine outdoor education.

This is an exciting way to introduce the Irish Primary Schools Framework (2023) competencies and skills where children can become active citizens, be creative, foster well being and many more, while learning about the importance of the ocean.

We have lots of ideas – big and small that can be used for creating a healthy ocean school project. To help you get started have a look at the Explorers Project resources or Seashore resources for inspiration.

Don’t forget to contact the Explorers outreach team to learn more about how they can support you in completing a school project.

FIVE BENEFITS OF COMPLETING AN EXPLORERS HEALTHY OCEAN SCHOOL PROJECT

1. DEVELOP THE STUDENTS COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

The healthy ocean school project helps students develop their competencies and skills (Irish Primary School Curriculum Framework, 2023). These are crucial not only for the student’s motivation and performance, but helps them with for their future career success.

2. The 2 P’s – PERSEVERANCE & PROBLEM SOLVING

The healthy ocean school project helps students develop their competencies and skills (Irish Primary School Curriculum Framework, 2023). These are crucial not only for the student’s motivation and performance, but helps them with for their future career success.

3. The 3 C’s – CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY & CONFIDENCE

The healthy ocean school project helps students develop their competencies and skills (Irish Primary School Curriculum Framework, 2023). These are crucial not only for the student’s motivation and performance, but helps them with for their future career success.

4. THE BIG DEE: DEEPER UNDERSTANDING & EMPOWERMENT

Students can deepen their knowledge and develop their research skills by engaging with others, including students, teachers, guest speakers or meeting people within their community. By taking ownership of their healthy ocean projects, the students can foster inquiry skills, bridge thinking across different subjects and promote deeper connections and understanding of the ocean. They can also reflect and celebrate their progress and accomplishments during and beyond the healthy ocean projects completion.

5. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Teachers and students get to build positive relationships with each other as well as with the wider community including parents and families at a cross generational level. The project strengthens the schools visibility and recognition highlighting the teachers and children’s achievements. Meeting new people including the outreach team also reinforces how great learning to be a learner can be, and gaining insight for careers and beyond.

 

 

 

Celebrate Your Students' Work!

By completing a Healthy Ocean School Project, you may like to submit your project for an Explorers Ocean Champions Award or Certificate.

This is a great way to celebrating the work of the students and provides them with the recognition of being marine leaders and ocean champions.

For more information see the Explorers Ocean Champions School Awards Highlights and Information.