Sand workshop
Discover the different properties of sand, and its origins.
Through hands-on investigations, students will discover the different properties of sand, as well as its origins. Through the activity of laying out transects, students will gain some understanding of scientific sampling procedures.
By examining sand particles of different origins and sizes, and from different areas (Tetiaroa's different beaches, also beach and river sand from other islands in Polynesia), students will discover the properties of sand. Students will investigate the different components, sizes, and shapes of sand, and what these characteristics infer – as to origin, age, wave activity, etc.
To investigate the organisms living in the beach sand, students will take samples of sand in the shallow water of the lagoon and study their samples under the microscope.