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Seashore Coloring Page & Worksheet
The next time you visit the seashore, be a beach scavenger! You will see lots
of different and very interesting plants and animals. Count them as you go to
see how many different forms of life you can spot. Use this
coloring page
(.pdf) to help you look for some of the more common items that can be found on
the beach. See the
Observing the Seashore science project for further instructions on doing a
beach scavenger hunt.
Did you know that two great places to look for plants and animals on the
seashore are the strandline and tide pools? The strandline is the farthest place
the water reaches on the beach at high tide. Plants, animals, and other items in
the ocean often get stranded there because the water is not strong enough to
pull them back out to sea. Tide pools form when the high tide comes in and the
holes in the rock are filled with salty ocean water. Tide pools provide
sheltered places for many sea creatures that were washed in with the tide. Both
of these places are best to observe during low tide. And since the ocean brings
in new items and washes old items back into the sea, what you can find in the
strandline and tide pools changes with each tide!
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