Tide Pools & Marine Life
by BlueShore Aquarium
NEL learning domains
Aligned to ECDA's Nurturing Early Learners framework — cited automatically in your internal proposal and RAMS.
About this programme
A full-day marine immersion combining a living touch-pool, a guided intertidal walk and behind-the-glass access to the aquarium’s life-support systems. Designed to connect curriculum topics to real ocean conservation.
What to expect
Living touch pool
Students gently handle sea stars, urchins and hermit crabs under guidance.
Intertidal shore walk
Explore a real shoreline at low tide to discover crabs, molluscs and seagrass.
Behind-the-glass tour
See how the aquarium filters water and cares for its animals.
Microplastics lab
A short experiment revealing plastic pollution in water samples.
Marine careers talk
Meet an aquarist and learn about ocean-related careers.
Learning outcomes
- Classify common marine organisms
- Explain an intertidal food chain
- Describe one human impact on oceans
- Suggest actions to reduce plastic waste
A typical day
- 09:00Welcome & touch pool
- 10:00Intertidal shore walk
- 11:30Lunch break
- 12:15Behind-the-glass tour
- 13:15Microplastics lab & careers talk
Wet weather plan
Rainy Day GuaranteeIf NEA weather alerts compromise the outdoor programme, BlueShore Aquarium's indoor alternative (the Incursion) activates automatically — same date, same price, no rebooking.
The intertidal shore walk is replaced by an extended behind-the-glass tour and additional touch-pool rotations inside the aquarium.
Covered by the standardised Wet Weather Policy all experiencED vendors sign, and embedded in your RAMS at booking.