Education Programmes 2013

The NPC Sea World Education Centre offers a range of educational experiences designed to suit various Grades. All activities are linked to the school curriculum and on request we can provide the relevant lesson plan for your booked activity.

During your uShaka Sea World tour an education guide will accompany your group (approximately 50 learners per group) through the Aquarium, providing information at large exhibits.

A specialist guiding experience explores the Aquarium in more detail with approximately 12 learners per group.

Lessons take the form of a 45-minute interactive presentation.

Courses are more comprehensive and take around four hours including specialised guiding and group activities. Your group will be divided into smaller groups of about 12 learners and each group will receive individual attention from a facilitator.

Specialist guiding

Book a special guiding and our qualified and experienced staff will take learners through the aquarium in small groups. Guiding may be general or it can be theme-based, for example: conservation, ecology or biodiversity.

Umdloti Rocky Shore and Beachwood Mangroves	Allow us to guide you through these fascinating and diverse habitats and introduce you to their flora and fauna. Detailed worksheets are provided for learners
Dangerous Creatures	Turn your fear into fascination by taking a tour of our Dangerous Creatures exhibit. Learn about our wide range of snakes, lizards, frogs and spiders

 

Lessons

Monday to Friday. Booking required.

Fishy Fun Puppet show	Grades R-2
Introduction to the aquarium	All Grades
Marine Mammals	Grades 4-9
Form & Function	Grades 4-9
Animals & Ecosystems	Grades 4-9
Catchment to Coast	Grades 6-9
Marine Ecology	Grade 10
Biodiversity & Classification	Grade 10
Invertebrate Classification	Grade 11
Population Ecology	Grade 11
Us & the Environment	All Grades
Dangerous Creatures Interactive (Monday to Wednesday only)	All Grades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courses

Explore the Shore	Grades R-3	Changing environments – How habitats change in appearance as organisms move from place to place
Ocean in Motion	Grades R-3	The similarities and differences between people and other animals
Animals and Ecosystems	Grades 4-6	How the diversity of living and non-living things make up an ecosystem and how this allows the plants and animals to interact
Form and Function	Grades 4-6	A look at animals’ body shapes and their sense organs that help them move around and find food. Explore how their form helps them to function.
Catchment to Coast	Grade 6-9	A look at how our environment is affected by waste and human impact from catchment to coast
Us and the Environment	All Grades	The environment is affected by climate change, pollution and human impact – let’s look at how we can make a difference
Biodiversity and Classification	Grades 10-11	The diversity of South African coastlines, including threats, endemic species and the five-kingdom classification system. Includes touch specimens of each phylum
Marine Ecology	Grade 10	Biospheres, biomes, ecosystems and all the biotic and abiotic factors that make these systems function. A creative look at ecology and human impact.

 

Enquiries

Contact Heidi to find out more on hkilian@seaworld.org.za or phone her on +27 (0)31 328 8228.

Prices

Click here for a full list of all costs.

Bookings

Call uShaka's NPC Edcation Centre on (0)31 328 8195/6

Fax: (0)31 328 8211

Email: education@seaworld.org.za