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For teachers
For beach cleanups
Clean Swell app
Join a global movement to keep beaches, waterways and the ocean trash free. Head out to your favorite beach and use the app to easily record each item of trash you collect. Then share your effort with family and friends.
NOAA tide predictions for Port Townsend
Check out the tides where you are at the NOAA Tide Predictions website. As well as helping you find great low tides, tide charts help you know when the tide is too high to safely explore some beaches.
Puget Sound Microplastic Community Science Initiative
Microplastics are becoming common in the world’s surface waters, ocean floor, deep oceans, and even in the air. Community organizations across Puget Sound are implementing volunteer-based science efforts to study the problem of microplastics.
For low tide walks
Low Tide Walk with PTMSC
Mark and Pam Adams joined a Low Tide Walk in the summer of 2023. This is their video!
Guide to tidepooling
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Here’s a guide on tidepool etiquette so you can observe good manners while you’re in the home of intertidal animals and keep them (and yourself) safe.
NOAA tide predictions for Port Townsend
Check out the tides where you are at the NOAA Tide Predictions website. As well as helping you find great low tides, tide charts help you know when the tide is too high to safely explore some beaches.
Tide pool scavenger hunt
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Explore the beach at low tide with this scavenger hunt!
Remember to be a good tide pool visitor! Watch your step, leave plants and wildlife where you found them, and don’t roll any rocks around.