જ⁀➴ 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄ᝰ.ᐟ
This activity is about writing a message in a bottle and imagining where it could be found. In this case, the bottle was discovered at Cathedral Cove, a magical and iconic spot. Its clear waters and stunning views make it the perfect place for a mysterious discovery!
Click on the bottle image to reveal a special message just for you—the person who found it.
˗ˏˋ ꒰ ✉︎ ꒱ ˎˊ˗
𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄.ᐟ.ᐟ
For the Step it Up activity of Shell-ebration, I am creating my very own digital museum. My digital museum is called “The Shelltastic Museum,” and it’s all about unique shells.
The fun part is, of course, decorating it and using gifs. But one part I found challenging was researching each shell, finding a fun fact, and where you can find it. I hope this information helps you discover these beautiful shells!
Each slide features FIVE unique shells that you can’t miss. One of my favourite shells from my museum is definitely the sixth slide. You’ll see which shell it is soon…
Here’s the Kick Start activity: drawing your favourite aquatic animal. If you don’t know what “aquatic” means, it refers to something that grows, lives, or is often found in water. I decided to draw mine on paper, but as I was doing that… I got a bit carried away and ended up drawing even more. I even created a human version of my favourite aquatic animal—an axolotl!
I wanted to draw an axolotl because they have unique and adorable features, like their feathery gills, smiling faces, and tiny limbs. They’re naturally charming, which made them perfect for me to draw using a pencil and an acrylic pen.
I also took some pictures of my drawings so you can have a closer look. The human version is named “Axel”, and the person currently pondering the massive difference between an axolotl and Axel? That’s me!
1✧Unlike most amphibians, axolotls don’t grow up completely. They stay in their “teenage” stage, keeping their gills and living underwater all their lives. Scientists call this neoteny.
2✧Axolotls can regrow lost limbs, parts of their heart, spinal cord, and even parts of their brain! Imagine being able to heal like that.
3✧Axolotls also come in a range of cool colours, like pink, white, black, and even gold. Some are naturally colourful, while others get their colours from special breeding or genetics.
Get ready for the Step it Up activity! This task is all about creating a menu with palolo worms as our main ingredient, but we only need to create two dishes. So here is mine: the menu is called “Palolo Paradise Feast” because it’s all about palolo worms.
The first dish is inspired by mixing palolo worms with another traditional dish—tacos. It’s basically a fusion. The second dish is inspired by the deep, serene waters of the Pacific Ocean, where the palolo worm lives. Also, the word “Delights” comes from a different activity where I created a whole fish and chip menu and named my restaurant “Deep Sea Delights“. You can check that out too!
As for the images, I learned from watching a few videos that palolo worms are slimy, juicy, and wriggly. So, I made sure the generated images look just like that, but with a few of my unique ingredients added too.
Hope you’re ready to order from the Palolo Paradise Feast menu! ^^
⫘⫘⫘𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐋𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄⫘⫘⫘
Here is the Kick Start activity, which is all about creating a graphic about a palolo worm! A palolo worm is a sea worm that lives in coral reefs. Once a year, its back end, filled with eggs or sperm, floats to the surface to reproduce. People in the Pacific Islands collect and eat them as a delicacy.
The instructions were to use line tools to draw a palolo worm. My worm is meant to be a female, as they are usually bluish-green. I hope you’re not confused about why it looks like that! Next, we added elements, so I inserted an image showing the deep sea of the Pacific Ocean, where they live.
The next step was to add lifecycle information. I came up with a few good questions and answers after doing some research and watching videos. Finally, I added labels. I decided to be creative by using arrow-like boxes to point out the important parts: the head, middle, and rear.
⫘⫘⫘𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐈’𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐓⫘⫘⫘
𝟏- Palolo worms synchronise their breeding with the moon, releasing eggs and sperm at the same time!
𝟐- People in Pacific Islands scoop them up during their breeding event to eat as a delicacy.
⫘⫘⫘𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍⫘⫘⫘
Would I like to try eating a palolo worm? I’ll be honest—despite being Polynesian, I would NOT eat one. This is because I’ve always been afraid of eating wriggly, skinny kinds of food.
For example, when I was young, I remember my mum cooking sapasui. When I got a plate of it, I started imagining the noodles as worms. My only weapon was stabbing them with my spoon.
That experience has haunted me ever since.
Here’s a Kick Start activity that I haven’t done yet. First of all, I had to brainstorm some ocean-related vocabulary using a Word Wheel, which was really helpful. Once my brainstorming was finished, I got to put all my amazing words into a poster.
The poster shows all the words I came up with but is way more colourful and eye-catching. The most challenging part was honestly brainstorming the words—it can take a while! This probably took me about five or seven minutes. After that, my Chromebook needed charging. Still, I learnt some new words that I didn’t know before, just from watching the video.
I wonder if you know any of these words? Or maybe you’ve seen them at the beach! I’ve seen a cliff in Samoa, and my cousins used to jump off it. Pretty scary!
↳ This Kick Start activity is all about writing a postcard to someone after exploring underwater in the Hauraki Gulf. For starters, the instructions were to choose one animal or scene from the video to recreate as an image for the front of your postcard.
I chose a scene from the video where a shark is swimming underwater towards some seaweed. I picked this scene because it shows how unique the underwater world is—and because sharks are amazing! If you’re wondering who Ossbi (pronounced Ozz-bee) is from the second slide of my message, just check out my stamp!
Ossbi is my gifted teddy bear from my friend Bonnie, and he’s currently in London. I bet he’s wondering what he’d pack if he ever visited the Hauraki Gulf—or what his favourite highlight would be! That’s a question for me, him, and YOU.
.𖥔 ݁ ˖┊𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞┊˖ ݁ 𖥔.
This Kick Start activity is about creating a mosaic piece of art in Google Drawings, featuring one of Africa’s Marine Big Five sea animals: the African Penguin.
Also, if you are wondering what a mosaic is, it’s a picture or design made by putting together many small pieces of material, called tesserae, to cover a surface. Mosaics can be made with a variety of materials, such as glass, stone, ceramic, tile, or paper, and are often used to decorate floors and walls.
But my mosaic art is digital, and way easier if you ever want to try it! African Penguins are one of my favourite Marine Big Five because of how interesting they are. For example, they have pink glands above their eyes, which help them regulate their body temperature. When it’s hot, more blood flows to the glands, causing them to turn pink.
Another question is: how would I feel if I were swimming with this animal? I’d probably be shocked at how fast they swim, and I’d easily get tired trying to keep up.
.𖥔 ݁ ˖┊𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞┊˖ ݁ 𖥔.
꒷꒦⭑ Great White Shark ⭑꒦꒷
꒷꒦⭑ Southern Right Whale ⭑꒦꒷
꒷꒦⭑ Bottlenose Dolphin ⭑꒦꒷
꒷꒦⭑ Cape Fur Seal ⭑꒦꒷
꒷꒦⭑ African Penguin ⭑꒦꒷
⊹₊ ݁.✦┆𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞… 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞!┆✦. ݁₊⊹
This Kick Start activity is about writing your own “I am” poem of a sea creature. You’ll soon know my sea creature once you read it – I got some inspiration from the point of view of this DANGEROUS creature.
You see, this poem captures the life, the misunderstood nature, the strength, and the hope in my sea creature. The challenging part is researching more information about my sea creature, because I already know that it is like a snake, has sharp teeth, and a rather weird way of mating.
Also, there are a few clues that are highlighted in dark… and it’s a MORAY EEL!!
⊹₊ ݁.✦┆𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭┆✦. ݁₊⊹
Moray eels have a second set of jaws hidden in their throats called pharyngeal jaws! These jaws shoot forward to help pull in food, like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. Cool, right? 😱
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﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉୨♡୧﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉
𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬!
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As you go through our full menu, you’ll be greeted by the Ocean Bites section where you’ll meet a great huge wave. Next is the Combo Treasures and the Chip Crew, it’s where the section of rather expensive combos you’ll have and fries you’ll eat. Lastly there’s Drinks & Dips, where you’ll find cheap yet amazingly delicious drinks and dips perfectly suited for your fries.
My favourite part about creating a full menu is decorating it with waves, seagulls, and fishes. But the hard part about this too, was figuring out whether I should create a symbol for it or just use a title.
Anyways, hope you’re ready to order from Deep Sea Delights!!