How Do You Explore Tide Pools With Kids?
Exploring tide pools with kids can be exciting and fun. Tide pools form when water fills rocky areas with sea water. Tide pools can be small or large and shallow or deep. In tide pools, you can find plants and animals. The plants and animals found in tide pools have learned to adapt to living in both wet and dry climates–wet when the water is covering the tide pool and dry when the tide is low. Here are some tips on how to explore tide pools with kids. Go when the tides are low. Check your local newspaper or the tide table or calendar found in surf shops, fishing shops, or online. When looking online, visit tides.info and select your state and city and it will give you the tide levels for the times of day. It is safer and you will see more if you go when the tide is at its lowest, preferably less than 1 foot. Postpone your trip if the weather is stormy or the surf is high. Protect yourself and the kids from the sun. Before leaving your house for the tide pools, be sure to lather yourse
