EXCURSIONS & CAMPS

AfriOceans Kidz launched

If we want children to flourish, says educator David Sobel, we need to give them time to connect with nature and love the Earth before we ask them to save it! What really happens when we lay the weight of the world's environmental problems on eight and nine year-olds already haunted with too many concerns and not enough real contact with nature? Perhaps to be replaced by ecophobia - a fear of ecological problems and the natural world. Fear of oil spills, rain forest destruction, whale hunting, acid rain, the ozone hole, and Lyme disease. Fear of just being outside. If we prematurely ask children to deal with problems beyond their understanding and control, then I think we cut them off from the possible sources of their strength. The crux of the issue is the developmental appropriateness of environmental curricula. If curricula focused on saving the Earth don't work, what does? What a simple solution. No rain forest curriculum, no environmental action, just opportunities to be in the natural world with modeling by a responsible adult. It is with this rationale in mind that we have launched AfriOceans Kidz as an opportunity for them to 'connect with nature and love the Earth before we ask them to save it!'

We have designed some great environmental education presentations, excursions and camps to choose from. These include:

Maxine the Ragged tooth Shark

Venue: Your school
Duration: 1 hr Grades: 1 -7
Max: 60 learners
Cost: R 15 -00/learner
Maxine the ragged tooth shark has an amazing story to share about the plight of our sharks. Learn more about these incredible animals, why sharks are important in the Ocean, how they play an important role in food webs and how you can help by being Shark Wise.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

The Great African Ecological Footprint Challenge

Venue: Your school
Duration: 1 hr Grades: 4 -7
Max: 60 learners
Cost: R 15 -00/learner
How big is your Footprint? Find out through a fun, interactive way and then learn how you can reduce it and take action for our Oceans!
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

Meet the Penguins

Venue: Boulders Coastal Park, Simonstown
Duration: 3 hrs Grade: 1 - 7
Max: 30 learners
Cost: R 30 -00/learner
Visit the Penguins at Boulders in the Table Mountain National Park, learn everything about these endangered creatures and then visit the beach at Seaforth for fun and swimming.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

Explore the Rocky Shores

Venue: Dale brook

Duration: 3hrs Grade: 4 -7
Max: 60 learners
Cost: R 30 -00/learner
Explore the rocky shores at low tide and search for starfish, octopus, mussels,limpets and sea urchins. Learn about ecosystems, habitats, niches
and competition.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

Investigating Rivers and Catchments

Venue: Silvermine River
Duration: 3hrs Grade: 4 -7
Max: 60 learners
Cost: R 30-00/learner
Become a river detective and follow the course of the river, conducting an investigation,testing water, studying river creatures and learning how to take
action for our rivers and our oceans.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

Fynbos Hike

Venue: Silvermine or Simonstown
Duration: 3hrs Grade: 4 -7
Max: 60 learners
Cost: R 30-00/learner
Put on your hiking boots for this adventure. Learn about our magnificent fynbos in natures classroom. Fynbos Identification, Birds, Alien invaders and fires.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

AfriOceans Kidz 5 Day 4 Night Sustainability Camp

Venue: De Hoop Nature Reserve
Duration: 5 Days, 4 Nights
Grades: 6 -7 Min: 50 learners Max: 60 learners
Cost: R995-00/learner
A real wilderness adventure! Spend five days and four nights exploring life between the tides at our unique AfriOceans Kidz camp at De Hoop Nature Reserve. Learn about sharks whales,baboons, ostriches and the rich birdlife and the role that each play in the food web . Through hands on, interactive study, your learners will explore and immerse themselves in a range of different coastal ecosystems including rocky shores, kelp forests, wetlands, dunes, coastal indigenous forest and fynbos in this exciting, young scientist's camp, with an emphasis on working as a team, gaining knowledge, making decisions and taking action. A Comprehensive work book including lesson plans, worksheets and assessment rubrics are included for each learner and teacher. All food is provided but learners cook their own food, recycle their waste, save water and use energy sparingly. Cost includes return coach transport, accommodation, food, guiding, entrance fees, workbook and certificate.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.

AfriOceans Kidz 3 Day 2 Night Shark Camp

Venue: Cape Peninsula
Duration: 3 Days, 2 Nights
Grades: 4 -5 Min: 50 Max: 60 learners
Cost: R 595-00/learner
Explore the coastline along the Peninsula's to learn more about a range of different coastal ecosystems including rocky shores, kelp forests, wetlands, dunes and fynbos in this AfriOceans camp. Learn more about Sharks, whales, penguins and baboons with an emphasis on gaining knowledge, making decisions and taking action. A Comprehensive work book including lesson plans, worksheets and assessment rubrics are included for each learner and teacher. All food is provided but learners cook their own food, recycle their waste, save water and use energy sparingly. Cost includes return coach transport, accommodation, food, guiding, entrance fees, workbook and certificate.
To book please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form.
How can I book?

Please fill in the Booking Enquiry Form which is sent directly to us.

OR

Phone Terry Corr at or new AfriOceans Centre on the Glen Strip, Glencairn.
Tel: 021 782 7562 or
Cell: 084 6801354 or
Fax: 086 571 7999 or
email:terry@aoca.org.za

At AfriOceans we believe that we need to give kids the time to connect with nature and love the Earth before we ask them to save it! We hope that you find our range of Marine based Environmental Education Programmes for Primary school learners useful and it inspires you, the teacher, to want to get your kids outdoors.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Terry Corr
AfriOceans Head of Education