Educational Talks
Educational Talks for Schools and Groups:
Wembury Marine Centre offers a wide range of talks, presentations and assemblies to schools and other educational groups - our classroom sessions are curriculum, STEM and Ocean Literacy linked.
These bespoke sessions can be tailored to all ages, abilities and Key Stages.
Classroom talks and presentations can be delivered in person or via a virtual portal such as Zoom or MS Teams etc. We also have video versions of our most popular rockpool talk for primary schools available on our YouTube channel.
Wembury Marine Centre also offer talks suitable for adult interest groups, such as U3a, WI & other community groups.
Please note there is usually a charge for a Wembury Marine Centre talk but we do offer some funded sessions free of charge if connected to a paid beach visit.
The Wonderful World of Wembury
The Wonderful World of Wembury is our most popular classroom presentation.
The session introduces our amazing rockpool species & habitats found locally and covers the Seashore Code, finishing with an interactive session looking at strandline items such as cuttlefish bones, mermaids' purses and marine mammal vertebrae.
We can also offer an adapted version via a virtual portal such as Zoom or MS Teams etc.
Linked to our Rockpool Explorers activity, this talk is usually available free of charge to schools if booked in conjunction with a paid guided visit to Wembury Beach.
However, this talk can also be delivered as a stand-alone activity and a £50 charge usually applies.
BOOK NOW to arrange a Wonderful World of Wembury talk for your students.
We have a video version of this talk available for schools and groups to use which can be used to complement a visit from our team or used as a stand-alone activity delivered by school staff. Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 versions are both available on our YouTube channel
Contact Us for a downloadable digital version.
Other educational talks include, but are not limited to:
Wonders of the Ocean
We offer a classroom based quiz session exploring some of the amazing species and habitats living within our global ocean and the benefits they give us humans. Transform your students into ocean detectives and challenge them to work together to solve our ocean wonders quiz!
The Deep
This interactive session includes exploring the different ocean zones and the amazing adaptations species need in order to survive and thrive in the deep, dark sea!
We will finish the session by challenging your students to design their own uniquely adapted deep sea creature!
Super Seaweed
Super Seaweed sessions were originally developed thanks to funding from Western Power Distribution.
These sessions include practical STEM themed activities with hands on workshops examining the use of seaweed in various industries, such as food, cosmetics and nutrition. Practical activities include making seaweed (sodium alginate) jelly, seaweed smoothies and seaweed lip balm!
Super Seaweed sessions can also link very well to Women in STEM themed careers sessions, aimed at encouraging girls to consider studying STEM subjects to a higher level.
Although developed for secondary school providers, these sessions can be adapted to the age and ability of your students.
School Assemblies
We offer school assemblies on a wide array of marine wildlife and conservation topics including, World Ocean Day (June 8th each year), National Marine Week (summer holidays) or ocean plastic. We can also tailor an assembly to your topic needs. We usually ask for a donation for assemblies, made payable to Devon Wildlife Trust.
We would love to work with you and your students - whatever their age or ability and whatever your topic, please Contact Us to discuss your requirements in more detail or BOOK NOW
To learn more about Devon's wildlife and to download free, curriculum linked resources, head over to our Wild Learning & Activities page
