Once upon a time... a beach grain of sand
Scientific Literacy | Outreach
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The project
Hi, I am
Sandy!
“Once upon a time... a beach grain of sand” is a science outreach activity for creche and pre-school children.
It was developed and tailored as a pre-school scientific activity that aims to increase literacy about sediments and to show how important sediments are to nature and to us humans.
The activity comprises a bed-time story, the observation of different sand types, information cards and a colouring activity.
The bed-time story
The bed-time story, in picture book format, was created using as main character a grain of sand named Sandy and its journey from the mountains, where it was “born”, to the bottom of the sea.
The story is available in following languages:
EN version
PT version
DE version
NL version
Versions in other languages...
coming up soon...
Activity Resources
A draw of Sandy character so kids can colour and take home.
Versions in other languages...
coming up soon...
PT version
EN version
Information cards about different environments where sand can be found and its importance as a resource.
coming up soon...
PT version
EN version
News
June 2022
September 2023
We have presented Sandy story at the 13th International SedNet Conference 6-8 September 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
February 2024
April 2024
June 2024
The team is collaborating with SedNet Working Group on Education-Science-Policy Interfacing & Sediment Management Concepts to new sediment stories (Sandy’s Adventures) for toddlers and children in primary school. The activities took place during the joint SedNet Working Groups Workshop and Meeting 3 – 5 June 2024 in Hamburg, Germany.
Team
Cristina Ponte Lira
Fátima Valverde
Related Resources
Without being exhaustive, here’s a list of other sediment literacy related resources.
Check them out!
https://www.coastsforkids.com/
https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/geology-for-kids/
Contact
Want to know more about the project?
Want to help the project and implement it in your own country?
Please contact us:
Cristina Lira - fclira@fc.ul.pt
Acknowledgments
This project was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) I.P./MCTES 57/2016/CP1479/CT0079 (https://doi.org/10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1479/CT0079)
Thank you to all voluntaries that helped translate Sandy story to their native languages: Boris Hochfeld; Raf Elst; Els Ryken.
Thank you for all the support provided by:
SedNet network and the Working Group on Education-Science-Policy Interfacing & Sediment Management Concepts
Sandy character is animated thanks to ANIMATED DRAWINGS https://sketch.metademolab.com/
Cristina Ponte Lira © | 2024