Discuss the different ways in which the sea can become polluted. Remember that as well as direct contamination from ships or the shore, the sea can also be polluted by chemicals and other substances washed down by rivers. Discuss how pollution of the sea can affect the wildlife at Blakeney Point. Make a list of all the leisure activities taking place in and around Blakeney Point? Where are they concentrated? Do you think there should be more? How would more activities affect the wildlife at Blakeney Point? What shops at Blakeney are there for local people? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in a rural area like the village of Blakeney. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in an urban area. Look at the plants growing on the salt marsh, sand dunes and shingle ridge at Blakeney Point. Do different plants grow in the different areas? What do you notice about the plants growing on the salt marsh? Why do you think this is? Study the profile of the beach. Measure the size of the pebbles along this profile. Is there any difference in the size and texture of the pebbles as you move down the beach? If yes, why is there a difference? What are tides? Can you see the mark left by the last high tide? Discuss the formation of tides and the problems high and low tides present to animals and plants living on the seashore. How do some of these animals and plants cope with the effects of the tides? Discuss the different types of beaches and shores around the coast of Britain, including sandy, rocky, shingle, marshy and estuarine shores. How do they differ in the kinds of animals that live there? Search the shingle beach at Blakeney for evidence of any animals living in the North Sea. You may find some empty shells. What animals lived in the shells? Take any empty shells you find back to your classroom. Make a display. Find out all you can about each kind of animal. Do you see any waste on the beach? Where do you think it came from?