Education and Outreach Resources for the Rocky Intertidal
Below is a list of education and outreach resources that can help enhance learning about our rocky intertidal.
This list was created during the series of roundtable events on tidepools, hosted by USC Sea Grant and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. To learn more about these roundtables, including recordings of the events, please click here.
Education and Outreach Resources
- Learn about the Rocky Shore and the Southern California species that inhabit it.
- A Close Look at our Local Tidepools: Follow video of a detailed virtual walk to the tidepools (26:22 min)
- Virtual learning feature about the rocky shore
- Tidal Change at Cabrillo Beach: Watch this time-lapse video of the rocky intertidal and see the tide change and watch tidepools form (0:55 min)
- Discovery Lecture Series: Watch either live or archived videos of various guest speaker events
- Tidepool scientist online courses (K-12)
- Virtual tour of the tidepools at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
- The Rocky Shore: Information on rocky intertidal habitats and online exhibits
- Rocky intertidal critter cards: printable card activity explaining common critters in our tide pools
Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation: Marine Protected Areas
California Coastal Commission:
- California Coastal Voices: a free, project-based learning tool designed to address California’s Next Generation Science, Common Core, and History-Social Science standards.
The California Coast: Video highlighting 40 years of the California Coastal Act. This historic law has guided California to maximize public access to and along the coast (4:51 min)
- Education resources on marine protected areas (MPAs) to use at home
- Map of Los Angeles County MPAs: Offered in both an English version and Spanish version
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Outdoor Education:
- Video on tidepools (12:02 min)
Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe)
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies: Intro to the Rocky Intertidal on Catalina Island: Story Map
Segregated by Design: video on environmental justice (17:42 min)