Beavers
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Help inspire your Beavers group to care for the ocean. Our fun activities and games help your Beavers develop problem-solving skills while exploring the natural world around them.
Resources overview
The packs will also support your Beavers in completing Activity Badges and Challenge Awards, including the Global Issues Activity Badge.
Explore Activity Badge
When thinking about what you might find at the seashore (Requirement 2), you could Make an indoor rockpool and give everyone a chance to try rockpooling before you visit.
Prepare for your visit by role playing a Virtual beach trip – an interactive way to introduce the Seashore Code and Beach safety to your colony. For the day of the visit, our Seashore safari guide and Rockpool spotter sheet will be useful.
On your return, you could Make a journey stick with items collected during the visit as an unusual way of capturing memories and telling others about your experiences.
Global Issues Activity Badge
When learning about endangered animals for Requirement 3, don’t forget about the endangered species living in the sea. The ocean makes up 70% of the earth’s surface and is home to thousands of species at risk of extinction from overfishing, bycatch, climate change and people.
We’ve created an Animals in Danger activity that uses a charades-style game to introduce your colony to endangered marine animals. To understand the challenges faced by a turtle making its long journey across the ocean you could use our interactive story about The Journey of Turtley the Turtle. When you dress up as endangered animals, don’t forget those that live in the ocean!
For Requirement 4, Can you clean the sea? provides a step-by-step guide to creating a water filter.
Credit: Peter Richardson
My World Challenge Award
If you take part in a litter pick to help improve your local community (Requirement 1), you could use Our link to the ocean to help your colony consider how litter in your area could affect marine life, regardless of how far you live from the sea.
You could record the litter you find on our data form and upload it to the national Source to Sea database. The data collected will form part of the evidence base we use to help us campaign for change. For example, we’ve used data collected in previous years to make the case for the 5p carrier bag charges across the UK.
Around 70% of litter in the ocean is made of plastic. Can you plan a Plastic-Free Party for Requirement 4?
Credit: Aled Llywelyn
