Welcome to the Virtual Beach Heroes Resource Page

Here you’ll find everything you need for a virtual Beach Heroes experience. If you have any questions about the materials, please contact our Programs Manager: Rosie@EnvironmentalScienceCenter.org.

Downloadable PDF versions of the Kindergarden-1st grade student Field Journal:

• 2023 Beach Heroes K-1 field journal (English/Spanish version)
• Beach Heroes K-1 field journal – Vietnamese
• Beach Heroes K-1 field journal – Somali

Downloadable PDF versions of the 2nd-3rd grade student Field Journal:

• 2023 Beach Heroes 2-3 field journal (English/Spanish version)
• Beach Heroes 2-3 field journal – Vietnamese
• Beach Heroes 2-3 field journal – Somali

If you would like other digital versions of the Field Journal (Google Slides, Seesaw), please contact the Programs Manager: Rosie@EnvironmentalScienceCenter.org.

Family Take-Home Flyers

We have created these flyers to help students share what they learned during our Beach Heroes field trips with their caregivers at home. These flyers also include information about best days to visit Seahurst Beach and explore a low tide outside of school.

• 2023 Beach Heroes flyer for parents_English
• 2023 Beach Heroes flyer for parents_Somali
• 2023 Beach Heroes flyer for parents_Spanish
• 2023 Beach Heroes flyer for parents_Vietnamese

Pre-recorded Lesson Videos

Introductory Lesson Video Series

A series of short videos that together share all of the content included in our Introductory Lesson (previously called the Classroom Lesson in past years). Featuring Naturalist Alyssa.

This poster is a useful graphic for students watching the videos on their own, or can be used by a teacher with their class. It has numbered links to each of the 6 videos: Beach Heroes – Introductory Lesson Poster

• Part 1: Introduction to Seahurst, high/low tide, and beach habitats (7:16 minutes)
• Part 2: Animals of the Splash Zone: Acorn Barnacles and Shore Crabs (4:42 minutes)
• Part 3: Animals of the High Tide Zone: Pacific Blue Mussels, Mossy Chitons, Limpets, and Dog Whelks (6:56 minutes)
• Part 4: Animals of the Mid Tide Zone: Red Rock Crabs, Hermit Crabs, Purple Sea Stars, and Sea Anemones (6:57 minutes)
• Part 5: Animals of the Low Tide Zone: Butter Clams, Heart Cockles, Orange Sea Cucumbers, and Moon Snails (7:36 minutes)
• Part 6: Conclusion: How to be a Beach Hero and a good visitor to the beach (4:43 minutes)

Videos de lección de introducción (en español)

Un cartel para la lección de introducción: Beach Heroes Introductory Lesson Poster – Spanish

• Parte 1: Únase a la naturalista Valeria mientras nos presenta a la playa de Seahurst
• Parte 2: Los organismos que viven en la Zona de salpicaduras: balanos y cangrejos costeros
• Parte 3: Los organismos de la zona intermareal alta: mejillones azules del Pacífico, quitones, lapas y caracoles marinos
• Parte 4: Los organismos que viven en la zona intermareal media: cangrejos de roca roja, cangrejos ermitaños, estrellas de mar ocre y anémonas de mar
• Parte 5: Los organismos que viven en la zona intermareal baja: almejas, pepinos de mar y caracoles luna
• Parte 6: Cómo ser un héroe de la playa y un buen invitado cuando visitamos el hogar de estas increíbles criaturas

Field Lesson Video Series

A series of short videos that together act as a virtual “field trip” with naturalists as they visit Seahurst Beach and meet the animals who live there; these are the same 12 key organisms introduced in the Introductory Lesson. It is recommended to start with Part 1: Introduction to Seahurst Beach, but the organism videos can be watched in any order.

This is a PDF poster for the Field Lesson video series: Beach Heroes Field Lesson Poster. It has links to all 13 videos, and is intended to be used either by a teacher with their class or by students working asynchronously. Both this poster and the videos it links to are in English.

• Part 1: Introduction to Seahurst Beach (2:17 minutes)
• Meet the Acorn Barnacle (1:50 minutes)
• Meet the Dog Whelk (2:28 minutes)
• Meet the Pacific Blue Mussel (1:24 minutes)
• Meet the Mossy Chiton (1:58 minutes)
• Meet the Sea Anemone (2:19 minutes)
• Meet the Butter Clam (1:19 minutes)
• Meet the Hermit Crab (1:29 minutes)
• Meet the Shore Crab (1:32 minutes)
• Meet the Red Rock Crab (2:36 minutes)
• Meet the Sea Star (1:21 minutes)
• Meet the Sea Cucumber (1:15 minutes)
• Meet the Moon Snail (3:14 minutes)

Videos de salida de campo (en español)

• Parte 1: Introducción (3:30 minutos)
• Pepino de mar (1:15 minutos)
• Cangrejos costeros morados (1:37 minutos)
• Balanos (2:00 minutos)
• Almejas (1:19 minutos)
• Caracoles marinos (2:28 minutos)
• Estrellas de mar (1:21 minutos)
• Cangrejos ermitaños (1:42 minutos)
• Mejillón del pacífico norte (1:38 minutos)
• Caracol luna (3:11 minutos)
• Anémona de mar (2:19 minutos)
• Quitón (1:59 minutos)
• Cangrejo rojo de roca (2:39 minutos)