Recommended for grades 2-adult
Tillamook County is home to several vibrant intertidal communities just waiting to be explored. This kit introduces the complexity and fragility of these ecosystems that are always on the edge. Classroom activities give an excellent overview, and all equipment is provided for an intertidal field trip.

Activities:

1. What Am I? - Become familiar with the different tidal zones and what lives there.
2. Tide Pool Puzzler - Learn how the different tide zones co-exist to form a functioning habitat.
3. Crab Transformer - Create a crab and learn about its life stages.
4. Sea Star Puppet - Create a sea star and learn about its adaptations.
5. A Crabby Computation - Learn an adaptation crabs have with this fun math exercise.
6. Tide Pool Felt Board - Build an intertidal food chain with this interactive classroom activity.
7. A Few Words about Invertebrates - Build vocabulary and comprehension skills in increasing levels.
8. Tide Pool Twister - Through this familiar game, students learn how humans can harm tide pools.
9. Tide Pool Dilemmas - Students examine their own values about intertidal life.

Resources:

1. Once Upon a Seashore. Snively. A Curriculum for Grades K-6.
2. Pacific Coast Information Cards. Background info. about the common marine plants and animals.
3. Beach Explorations. Curriculum designed for use with Pacific Coast Information Cards.
4. Guide to Oregon's Rocky Intertidal Habitats. Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. The best photographic guide book to the intertidal habitats.
5. Common Plants of Oregon's Rocky Intertidal Habitats. ODF&W. Easy guide to the algae and lichen.
6. One Small Square, Seashore. Silver. An eye-opening perspective on one small part of the world.
7. Northwest Coastal Invertebrates. Mac's Field Guide. Six copies.
8. Life on a Rocky Shore CD. Sefton. Includes over 100 photos, graphics, video clips and guide to rocky shores.
9. World Between the Tides, video. An exciting, informative visit to the tidepools of the Pacific Northwest.
10. The World's Below, video. A wondrous journey into the undersea worlds of California's Monterey Bay.
11. Exploring the Seashore. Snively. A Guide to Shorebirds and Intertidal Plants and Animals.
12. Grasper. Lewis. A young crab's discovery.
13. The Intertidal Wilderness. Rosenfeld. A Photographic Journey through Pacific Coast Tidepools.
14. Three Rubbermaid totes with bubblers to take on an intertidal discovery field trip.