Nursery World - Out of their shell

Shells can provide an endless source of inspiration for your under the sea project, says nursery school headteacher Ann Adb El Kader Activity 1

Activity 1

Shelling out

Take a closer look at sea creatures that have shells.

Planned learning intention

Find out about features of living things

Resources

For this part of the project, children should be able to supply lots of different varieties of shell. You'll find a range of sea creatures on sale at most aquariums and check out your local Sainsbury's - they now sell tubs of sea creatures reference books about molluscs and crustaceans some land and water snails (these can be bought at a garden centre) two small tanks Step by step

* Let the children spend some time watching the snails moving up the sides of the tanks.

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