Classroom Activities for World Ocean Day

On World Ocean Day, 8th June, people around our blue planet will be coming together to celebrate and honour our oceans. The ocean connects us all, between countries and across the world and by working together, we must protect and restore our oceans. The conservation action focus this year is 'Strong Marine Protected Areas for Our Blue Planet'.

To teach your students about World Ocean Day, we have several resources on Purple Mash that you can use.

Writing Resources for World Ocean Day

Guide your class with some research about the oceans and then complete one of our writing projects 👇 Or, they could write about World Ocean Day with this writing template. There's even the opportunity for them to email Sir David Attenborough!

Books for World Ocean Day

To help with research projects, we have some fantastic DK Learning texts on Purple Mash which link brilliantly with World Ocean Day:

• Our Incredible Oceans
• A Journey to the Ocean Depths
• Curious Underwater Creatures
• All About Climate Change
• The Extreme Effects of Climate Change
• What a Waste: The Problem with Rubbish
• The Planet-Shaping Power of Water
• How We Can Fight the Climate Crisis Together
• The Endless Loop of the Water Cycle

With all of our DK Learning texts, you'll also find quizzes, reading comprehensions and writing activities.

There are also fantastic story books and non-fiction books in the Purple Mash Library that are perfect for your class to dive into for World Ocean Day 🌊

Fun Activities and Games for World Ocean Day

It wouldn't be Purple Mash without some Computing activities! Children can undertake a challenge in 2Code to create a game called 'Clean the Ocean'. In the process, they will learn how to make items draggable, use loops to create clones, use collision commands and set angles.

For more beginner users, they might want to try 'Fun with Fish'.

For Younger Learners

There are lots of resources that you can use to introduce younger learners to the issues that the seas and ocean are facing, including:

• Under the Sea story
• Sea or Not sorting
• Diver MashCam
• Diver Paint Project
• Sea Scene
• Sea Jigsaw

Whatever you are doing to celebrate World Oceans Day, we would love to see and share your work. Tag us on Instagram @2SimpleSoftware, or on Facebook @2SimpleUK.