World Oceans Day – 8th June 2021
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The United Nations World Oceans Day will take place on 8th June 2021.
In the Nurseries we will discuss where the oceans are and that they cover more than 70% of the Earth’s total surface. While there is one global ocean, it is divided up into five major basins: the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Southern, and the Arctic. We will also discuss the three different zones of the ocean – sunlight, twilight and deep ocean – and that on average the ocean has a depth of 3,700 metres.
We will explore the different marine life in the oceans. We will discuss:
- fish – have gills allowing them to breathe the water – including: sharks, swordfish, tuna, clownfish, stingray, seahorse
- mammals – come to the surface to breathe, but spend much of their lives in the water – including: blue whales, seals, dolphins, otters
- molluscs – have a soft body and no backbone – including: octopus, clams, squid, oysters, snails
You may like to download and print this colouring in sheet at home.