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CHRISTMAS wordsearches!

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Cushion

Blue

Common

Royal

Spiny

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Bellus

Bi-colour

Flame

French

Queen

Regal

Rusty

Starfish

Angelfish

IUCN: Starfish are not on the IUCN red list. Some angelfish

however, such as the clarion angelfish, are VULNERABLE. They

were once collected for the aquarium trade, and their numbers

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CHRISTMAS HATS!

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STARFISH WAND!

What you will need:

Coloured card

Lollypop stick

Glue and cello tape

Ribbon

Felt tip pens

1. Cut out the starfish template below and draw round it on

coloured card.

1. Cut out the starfish shape and tape the lollypop stick to the back.

2. Decorate the starfish wand however you wish!

3. Tie a ribbon around the stick. You could also attach some ribbon to

Fun festive fact:

If you enjoy tasty treats at Christmas, you’ll

love the look of the chocolate chip sea star!

They have dark brown bumps on their backs

which look very much like chocolate chips. Yum!

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Friendship maze!

For many of us, Christmas is about giving and sharing! These

animal pairs love to help one another by providing each other

with gifts. This is called SYMBIOSIS!

Clownfish and anemones

Clownfish hide amongst the

tentacles of anemones! The

anemones provide them with

shelter and the clownfish

keep the anemone clean.

Grouper and cleaner wrasse

Giant groupers open their

mouth wide so that cleaner

wrasse can eat the dirt from

their teeth, making them nice

and clean! The grouper help

the wrasse by providing them

with a tasty meal.

Giant groupers are listed as

VULNERABLE on the IUCN

red list. This is mainly due to

them being overfished for too

Clownfish are not on the ICUN red

list, but their coral reed habitat is

at threat due to global warming and

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Colour by Letters! Angelfish

A - green F - black

N - light blue I - white

G - dark blue S - red

E - yellow H - brown

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Ocean baubles!

Colour the animals in, then

cut out and fold along the

lines. Glue the tabs and fold

into a beautiful pyramid

Colour the animals in, then

cut out and fold along the

lines. Glue the tabs and fold

into a beautiful pyramid

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FESTIVE SCRAMBLE!

INPENOCE ISFH

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Fun festive fact: The heads of these animals

ONWSKALFE YORAM LEE

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Fun festive fact: These animals hide in

caves and ‘ambush’ their prey by sneaking up

on them during the night!

MASRICHST REET MORW

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Fun festive fact:

These animals are not on the IUCN red list. However, just like

many ocean creatures, they are in danger of mistaking plastic

particles for food and being caught in fishing nets!

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ocean colouring!

The angel shark you can see on the left and right of the bauble is CRITICALLY

ENDAGERED. For many years, people have caught them by accident when fishing

with long lines and trawls. This is known as bycatch. See page 11 for ideas on how

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christmas candle!

What you will need:

Jar

Coloured tissue paper

Black sugar paper

Scissors

PVA Glue

Sand

1. Cut up some coloured tissue paper into different shapes and

sizes.

2. Glue some pieces of tissue paper onto the jar so that they

overlap and create a collage effect. Keep going until you can

no longer see the glass of the jar.

3. Draw some ocean animals onto the black paper and cut them

out. Glue them on to the jar (see the ideas below!)

4. Put a small layer of clean sand at the bottom of the jar.

5. Ask an adult to help you light the tea light and place it on

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A CHRISTMAS gift!

Many of the animals you have learned about today need our help!

What do you think they would like for Christmas? Some animals have

given their ideas on this page!

In the stocking, draw or write a special gift we can give ocean animals

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

For people to recycle as

much as possible! Especially

plastics!

For everyone to

buy fish that has

the MSC logo!

For people to walk or cycle

to school or work, instead

of taking the car.

For people not to

leave their rubbish

on the beach!