Educational Packet: Get to Know Deep Ocean Ecosystems
Activities & Resources for Outdoor Education
Get to Know Deep Ocean Ecosystems
Printable Packet | Grades 4+
Check out this educational packet for kids all about the deep ocean and the many species who call it home. Filled with tons of cool facts and activities!
What to expect
This worksheet will teach you more about the deep ocean and the many beings who call it home. Through this packet, you will:
- Learn about some fascinating marine species
- Explore Indigenous cultural connections
- Do some fun activities including making a mobile, drawing, and doing a word search
- Reflect on what you’ve learned with our discussion questions
Exploring Indigenous cultural connections
When learning about environmental science, cool places and the plants and animals that inhabit them, we believe it is equally important to understand how humans have lived in relationship with these lands and beings since time immemorial. Indigenous stewardship has adapted in many ways with increased climate impacts across the landscape. Sierra Club BC aims to honor Indigenous voices and to ensure that unique Nations and worldviews are respectfully acknowledged.
While we’ve shared some publicly available resources below as a starting point, it’s best to engage with local Indigenous communities. Each Nation has distinct perspectives, cultures and governance systems. This means that different communities will have different connections with this ecosystem. Many Nations have websites with a wealth of publicly shared knowledge that you can check out, or you could attend a public event hosted by the community. If you don’t know whose territory you live on, you can visit Native-Land.ca to learn more.
- Learn how to say ‘fish’ in the language of the Indigenous community on whose territory you live at FirstVoices.com.
- Read more about how the Heiltsuk are caring for the ocean.
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Acknowledgements
- We wanted to express our sincere gratitude to all of the hands, minds, and hearts whose publicly shared knowledge, teachings and contributions were a part of this learning resource.
- We always love to hear from you! Please send your creations to education@sierraclub.bc.ca
- We invite you to start with one thing, just one action to help build a brighter future for the lands, waters and all who call them home.
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