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Action Challenge

10+ minutes / Inside

Design, direct and present a pitch for a tv programme that’ll inspire more people to protect our planet’s ocean species! 

Learning outcome: Pupils will hone their communication, teamwork and creative presentation skills, while learning key facts about ocean life and human impact on underwater habitats so they can become future conservationists. 

 

Instructions

  • Tell teams of 2-3 pupils that they will be working together to dream up a wildlife programme to raise awareness of the needs of an ocean species. They can choose a species from the fact files or from their own research. 
     
  • A key part of the challenge is to invent a snappy slogan or call-to-action. Think about what information they can share to create empathy and inspire action. 
     
  • Younger pupils should work together to complete the TV pitch worksheet, while older pupils will share in a live classroom ‘broadcast’. They can let their creativity run wild! – imagining themselves as an on-location reporter, studio newsreader or producer, rehearsing their lines, or even filming their segments on an iPad. 
     
  • Team by team, invite pupils to present their programmes to the class, followed by a discussion on what they can do to have a positive impact on our ocean friends. 

Adaptations

  • Adjust roles and complexity based on age – from the TV pitch worksheet through to using devices and digital skills to actually create their broadcast. Encourage pupils to use different creative formats to bring their presentations to life – think slideshows, live sketches, and posters!  
     
  • If you don’t have access to devices, you can share footage of their chosen ocean creatures online and encourage them to create a voiceover – writing their own narration for the documentary and describing what they see to present to the class.  

Extensions

  • For older pupils, they can imagine  themselves as an on-location reporter, studio newsreader or producer, rehearsing their lines, or even filming their segments on an iPad. 
     
  • Can your class or groups take their plan ‘live’? This could mean using their passion to fundraise for a WWF ocean animal adoption, filming it to share with the school community, or creating a school pledge. 
     
  • Pupils could also share their news story in an assembly, with parents or the wider school community to raise awareness and drive action.  And why not share with us, email us at happybynature@wwf.org.uk.  

Conservation Quizzers

Creative Challenge

15+ minutes / Inside 

Design a creative conservation quiz that helps everyone learn how humans impact river and ocean habitats – and how we can do things differently to care for our oceans.   

Learning outcome: Pupils will practise creativity and teamwork while deepening animal knowledge by designing conservation activities that lead to a deeper understanding of the human impact on river and ocean species. 

HBN FAQ Slice

Instructions

  • Ask pupils to review WWF fact files on the Ganges River Dolphin and other underwater species.  
     
  • You can provide additional resources here to go deeper on conservation: books, online articles, or podcasts – why not ask pupils to choose their favourite animal that they want to showcase to classmates? 
     
  • Get pupils to research their favourite facts across key categories (size; diet; habitat; role in the ecosystem; superpower).  
     
  • Next ask them to design a conservation quiz to help others feel inspired by their chosen species, using creative formats like a poster or series of flashcards. 
     
  • Make sure they talk about the impact human activity is having on these animals –  why they matter, and how we can protect them.  
     
  • Give them the chance to test their quizzes by sharing their creations with the class!  

Adaptations

  • Challenge them to use specific formats to make the task harder or to provide more scaffolding – from creative-led posters to fact-led multiple-choice quizzes. 
     
  • You can also assign one creature to the whole class or groups to simplify the activity.  

Extensions

  • You can bring pupils’ quizzes together into a big ‘Conservation Gameshow’. Perhaps other classes could take part, or it could be turned into a whole school assembly? Alternatively, you could invite parents for a fundraising quiz to raise funds for WWF. 

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