The document summarizes activities of the Sea Breeze Project at the 1st Primary School of Sitia. Some of the activities included: creating a fairytale, playing identification games about local marine life, learning about common fish in the Cretan Sea from a diver, researching the salinity of seas and measuring local water, learning about causes of marine pollution and oil spills, visiting organizations like the Port Authority and Town Hall to learn how they protect the environment, attending presentations on ships and shipbuilding, and reenacting ancient marine murals. The activities aimed to educate students about their local marine environment and human impacts.

1. SEA BREEZE PROJECTSEA BREEZE PROJECT

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PRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL
OF SITIAOF SITIA
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Δημοτικό Σχολείο Σητείας

3. so far, so good…so far, so good…

4. We wroteWe wrote
a fairytale.a fairytale.

5. We played games in order
to identify our local marine
fauna and flora.

7. We listed the species
of our local marine
fauna according to the
depth they live and
we presented them in
a model.

8. We drew local fish species.

9. Participation to
the local carnival

10. We invited Mr.
Pathiakis who dives
in the area and he
informed us about
the most common
fish we can find in
our sea.

11. We are in the process of making a photo
album containing photos of the cretan sea.

12. We made an on line research in
order to gather information about
the salinity of seawater. We listed
the saltiest seas on the planet and we
marked them on the map.
We measured the salt, we calculated
the salinity percent and we compared
the results to the average salinity of
the Mediterranean and other seas.

14. We made an on line research and we listed
the causes of marine pollution.
We are in the process of creating our own
marine-pollution-spider-web.

15. We visited the
Port Authority
and we were
informed about
marine pollution
in our area.

16. We
conducted an
experiment
on how to
dissolve an
oil spill.

17. We visited the
Town Hall and
we were
informed about
the actions of
the municipality
in order to
protect the
natural
environment of
the coast.

18. Visiting of Center
Fisilatris Ierapetras

20. We attended a
presentation about the
evolution of the greek
ships from ancient
times until today.
We also saw how a
ship is built.

21. We reenact marine murals
originally found in ancient
Thira (Santorini) and in the
minoan palace of Knossos.

22. The Port Authority
visited our school
celebrating the
“European Sea Day”

23. The best way toThe best way to
enjoy the seaenjoy the sea

24. and…and…