Ocean field notes · Learner activity

I Am Kelp

Look closer. Follow the relationships. Make sense of what changes.

01

Enter the forest

Capture what you notice as you watch.

Life in the forest

What do you notice?

Urchins and otters

How do they affect kelp differently?

Otters disappear

What might happen next?

Your question

What do you want to investigate?

02

Look behind the game

Complete the chain. What did the game show you?

Fewer sea ottersMore ______Less ______The forest ______

What could help the forest recover?

03

What shifted?

What did you discover? Write one idea that changed how you think about kelp forests.

04

Connect the kelp forest

Draw and colour a healthy kelp forest. Add ideas around it, then connect them with labelled lines.

Kelp forest colouring-page illustration to draw and colour overA healthy kelp forest
Ocean lifeWho depends on kelp?
PeopleHow does kelp help us?
ThreatsWhat can damage it?
RecoveryWhat could help?

Our action: We would __________________ because it would help __________________ and __________________.