Celebrate beaches as Take A Beach Walk leads you on a nature adventure to explore North American sandy seaside beaches. Learn when and where to look for shells, sea stars, and sand dollars. See examples ofplant and animal adaptations. Learn the zones of the beach, take field notes, and discover a special, ever-changing environment. Become a beach naturalist and explorer for an hour, a day, or a week! You’ll be amazed at the numbers of species of plants and animals you can find on the beach. When you Take a Walk® with us, we change the way you see your world!

Take a Beach Walk is recommended by Todd Ballantine, author of Tideland Treasures, who says “Take a Beach Walk draws youngsters and adults to explore America’s seashores with a fresh feeling of adventure. Keep this close at hand. You’ll soon gain a deeper kinship with the dynamic but fragile envornment at the water’s edge”.

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.5

Relationships

Adaptations

Treasures

Habitats

Adaptations

Learn about the oldest creature at the beach—the Horseshoe Crab. Understand how the Horseshoe Crabs save the lives of millions of migrating shore birds each year!

The beach has many habitats (zones). Learn about the littoral zone, the dunes, and the berm. Learn which plants and animals to look for in which zones. Learn how beaches are formed and how the beach is a dynamic environment.

What treasures can you find along the beach? Should you return everything to where you found it or is it OK to keep some things? Learn where and when to look and what should be left undisturbed.

Everyone loves shell hunting—but can everyone identify the shells they find? Learn how to idenfity shells, where and when to look for them, what they are and how they are formed.

Learn how plants and animals survive to life in the sand and along the water. What do they eat? How are they protected from the winds and waves?