Shark Explorer Action Pack: Egg-Case Hunt & Sea-Watching
A fact-checked shark explorer pack for ages 6–12: hunt for mermaid’s purses on the beach, measure and record egg cases, watch the sea for basking sharks, find out why sharks need help and make an ocean action plan.
What’s inside:
- Welcome, contents and explorer’s safety code
- Mermaid’s purses: what egg cases are and whose they are
- Go on an egg-case hunt (6 steps and kit list)
- Egg-case hunt log
- Measure and sketch (with a printed 15 cm ruler)
- Watching for basking sharks (what you’ll see above the water)
- Sea-watch log (2 sessions)
- Basking shark sighting sheet
- Why sharks need our help (finning, declines, real bite risk)
- My ocean action plan
- Explorer quiz (8 questions, answers upside down)
- Shark Explorer certificate
- Credits & licence page
Pages: 14 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both included as PDF.
Who it’s for: Ages 6–12 · families, schools, beach and nature groups · KS1–KS2 science (living things and habitats).
Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.
The egg-case ruler is accurate only when printed at 100% / actual size. Coastal activities are marked for doing with an adult.
Every fact is checked against named sources (mostly referenced Wikipedia articles, plus the Shark Trust, the International Shark Attack File, Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch, Manx Wildlife Trust and the journal Nature) and listed on the credits page. Photos are public domain (mostly NOAA) or CC0, from Wikimedia Commons; drawings are REALLYBYTE’s own artwork.
Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.
Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind sharks.animals.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com