EnviroKids 38 Marine & Blue Flag Summer 2017

Ocean games

Hang marshmallow fish on threads and try to eat them without using your hands. Catch a fish

Shark hide-and-seek While the little fish hide, the big shark hunts for his dinner!

Pin the fin on the shark Try this sharkey version of ‘pin the tail on the donkey’.

Shark tag

The person chasing wears the fin!

What are microbeads? microbeads are tiny bits of plastic. they are often used in makeup and personal care products like soaps, toothpastes, shower gels and facial scrubs because the small, hard pieces are good at rubbing off dead skin and dirt. Unfortunately, most of the beads end up in our water systems and oceans, where they can easily absorb pollutants and may be gobbled up by zooplankton, fish and other marine life.

De Beers Marine has been sponsoring marine-

themed pages in EnviroKids for a decade! Their sponsorship also supports the delivery of hundreds of magazines to educational programmes and under-resourced schools around South Africa.

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Compiled by Alison Dingle, Renata Harper & Wendy Patersen