Learning Zone
Explore our resources to find out more about our amazing marine environment!
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There are resources for teachers, information on all kinds of sea life around the UK and plenty of things to do for younger marine biologists.
Educator Zone
Whether you are a Teacher or an informal Marine Educator. If you are looking for lesson plans and Resources to help you incorporate the Sea in your teaching or to teach about marine topics, Look no further!
Resources for teaching about the marine environment or using the inspiring ocean to teach other subjects outside the classroom.
Many of our Classroom Resources could also be printed and taken to the shore as additional activities
Engage your students or group in some real life scientific research by joining in with one of our citizen science projects. If you would like to discuss how to adapt your activities to collect real scientific data and help scientists answer questions about the marine world, get in touch!
Things To Do
Use the resources and information here to begin your exploration into the amazing world of marine biology!
Getting outside to explore the shore or underwater world is the best way to find out more about these amazing places and the things that live there. Why not take a look at our Citizen Science Pages for more ideas.
Life In The Sea
Find out about some of the amazing animals, plants and algae which live in the Sea around us.
Find out more about what lives beneath the Sea and on the shore. Visit the MarLIN website for more in-depth information about North East Atlantic species.
Sealife Facts
Ocean Giants!
The largest animal ever to have lived on this planet is the blue whale. It is bigger than any of the dinosaurs, growing over 33 metres long and weighing more than 15 London double decker buses! The prize for the longest animal however goes to the humble bootlace worm, a specimen of which, found in Scotland measured 55 metres long according to the Guinness Book of Records. Another contender for the world’s longest animal is the lion’s mane jellyfish. The longest ever recorded was 37 metres!
Solar Powered Animals!
Many of us know that seaweeds, microscopic algae and plants, which live in the sea need sunlight to photosynthesize and grow, but did you know that there is also a Solar-powered sea slug (Elysia viridis) which uses the chloroplasts from the plants it eats to convert energy from the sun to supplement its own food supply!
Free Stuff!
Here you will find a range of fun and useful resources, which you can download and use for free (not-for-profit use only).
Videos and photos
Visit the MBA Facebook page albums for images from our surveys and events (use restrictions apply).
Visit the Blue Sound Flikr photo stream for images from our education events (use restrictions apply).
Visit the MBA YouTube page for marine life films and videos of MBA talks.
Visit the Blue Sound YouTube page for marine life films, and films about the Blue Sound project and events.
Visit the Marinexus YouTube Channel for marine life films and flims about research undertaken by the MBA and partners through the Marinexus project.
Sea Change: Increasing Ocean Literacy from Sea Change Project on Vimeo.
Watch a great video here produced as part of the Blue Sound Project about snorkelling in Plymouth Sound.
Watch a short video about our wind turbine building activity created as part of the Life Around the Turbines project
Watch a film produced by MBA Scientists about the incredible world of kelp
Watch a great video about the Shore Thing Project in the Solway Firth produced for the Yes! Project.
Videos and photos
Visit the MBA Facebook page albums for images from our surveys and events (use restrictions apply).
Visit the Blue Sound Flikr photo stream for images from our education events (use restrictions apply).
Visit the MBA YouTube page for marine life films and videos of MBA talks.
Visit the Blue Sound YouTube page for marine life films, and films about the Blue Sound project and events.
Visit the Marinexus YouTube Channel for marine life films and flims about research undertaken by the MBA and partners through the Marinexus project.
Sea Change: Increasing Ocean Literacy from Sea Change Project on Vimeo.
Watch a great video here produced as part of the Blue Sound Project about snorkelling in Plymouth Sound.
Watch a short video about our wind turbine building activity created as part of the Life Around the Turbines project
Watch a film produced by MBA Scientists about the incredible world of kelp
Watch a great video about the Shore Thing Project in the Solway Firth produced for the Yes! Project.
ID Guides and Cards
Here is a range of Identification Guides and other resources, which can be downloaded and printed freely for non-profit use. Some of the resources are quite large and may take some time to download! If you know of any MBA Education publications you would like us to make available here, please contact us.
The Recording Forms and additional Resources which accompany these ID resources can be found in our general publications section
ID Guides and Cards
Here is a range of Identification Guides and other resources, which can be downloaded and printed freely for non-profit use. Some of the resources are quite large and may take some time to download! If you know of any MBA Education publications you would like us to make available here, please contact us.
The Recording Forms and additional Resources which accompany these ID resources can be found in our general publications section