Blue - Fish, Turtles and Sharks

EYLF Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcome 2:

• Children are connected with and contribute to their world
• 2.3 Children become aware of fairness

Learning Outcome 4:

• Children are confident and involved learners
• 4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
• 4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem-solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
• 4.3 Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another
• 4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Equipment needed:

Ages 0 to 2:

• One set of each of the following – cut each flashcard in half and glue the corresponding questions to the back of each image:
• Fish Flashcards
• Turtle Flashcards
• Shark Flashcards
• If possible, find a plastic or stuffed version of a fish, shark and turtle for children to hold and play with.

Ages 3 to 5:

• One set of each of the following – cut each flashcard in half and glue the corresponding questions to the back of each image:
• Fish Flashcards
• Turtle Flashcards
• Shark Flashcards

• One of the following for each child. (Note: You may choose to do all of the animals or just one or two; however children will gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between these marine animals if they investigate all three):
• Fish Headpiece
• Turtle Shell
• Shark Fin

Blue is a feature documentary film charting the drastic decline in the health of our oceans. With more than half of all marine life lost and the expansion of the industrialization of the seas, the film sets out the challenges we are facing and the opportunities for positive change. Blue changes the way we think about our liquid world and inspires the audience to action. Find out how to screen or download the film here. Along with the film is an ambitious global campaign to create advocacy and behaviour change through the #oceanguardian movement. To become an ocean guardian, see the website.