​ ONE WORLD ONE OCEAN The Adventures of Ed the Bear
WORKING WITH SCHOOLS
Schools can use this project in various ways as Ed the Bear shares his experiences through his first hand adventures.
We have created a series of exciting Adventures that you can book as part of an outreach visit to your school.
Each adventure is based on the travels of Ed the Bear supported by photographs taken during his travels.
Each adventures focuses around a central theme and will include activities. The sessions can be science based, science literacy focused or cross curriculum session.
Video by Tennessee Aquatic Project
Session 1: Ed the Bears Adventure to find out why oceans are so special.
Concerned that his precious beach at Shoreham is threatened, Ed the Bear travels to scientists around the world to find out about climate change and how it might damage the rare vegetated shingle habitat at Shoreham.
Ed visits real scientists including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in the USA and learns about the ocean. He discovers how oceans moderate our climate and weather, that they produce 50% of the oxygen we breathe, freshwater, food, new medicines, renewable energy, well-being and much more.
On his travels he encounters amazing marine life, visits people who are helping to protect the oceans and learns about how we can all help. Ed shares his amazing adventures, conecting the local and the global. From the Sussex Coast to the Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctic Ocean, follow Ed the Bears adventures as he comes face to face with a great white shark, sits on the Antarctic Ice with penguins, dives on coral reefs and ship wrecks and much more. An exciting adventure that links the local and the global. This session can be adapted to include selected elements of the stories below.
Ed the bear visits coral reefs to find out why they are so important. Travelling in his diving bell he marvels at beautiful corals and the amazing wealth of marine life that live on a coral reef. Ed also discovers why coral reefs are in danger from threats that include climate change, ocean acidification, pollution and physical damage. Ed also visits a coral restoration project with a youth group called 'Youth Dive with Purpose' that is helping to restore damaged coral reefs.
Session 2: Ed the Bear’s coral adventure.
Ed the Bear travels to South Africa to meet shark experts Chris and Monique Fallows who take Ed out to see the awesome but rare great white shark. He discovers how sharks are perfectly adapted to their life in the ocean and the important role they play. Ed also discovers why sharks, including great white sharks, are endangered and how we are learning to understand sharks much better. Ed also learns moreabout the types of sharks that live around outown coast here in the UK.
Session 3: Ed the Bear’s shark adventure.
Ed the bear investigates the problems of plastic pollution. He takes part in beach clean activities during his travels and discovers why plastic is such a problem. He discovers that there are many similarities between the plastic dbris found on beaches around the world. He investigates where the plastic comes from and how it ends up on the beach. This in;cudes how plastic breaks down into smaller pieces and is eaten by marine life as well as teh problem with microbeads. Ed witnesses first-hand the plight of albatross in the Hawaiian Islands due to pollution in the Pacific Gyre and how the Fulmar, on teh Sussex Coastr is also threatened by swallowing plastic.
Session 3: Ed the Bear’s investigates plastic pollution.
New Session coming soon.
Ed the Bears joins Ed Wade-Martin and the crew of Moondancer as they travel the Atlantic Ocean sharing their ecological message along the way. Ed the Bear investigates plastic pollution at sea and also discovers what causes waves, where wind comes from and many other ocean phenomon, such as weather and climate. The crew also encounter some amazing wildlife.
Local consequences to global issues is the focus of this session. Duirng Ed te Bears global travels he has learned about weather and climate and how climate change is causing sea level rise due to melting polar ice and thermal expansion. Ed expores the local consequences to this sea levels rise - as the Environmemt Agency plan to implement a river defence programme to rasie the height of the river banks on the River Adur
