- raise children's ecological awareness and help them to take practical action; - promote the concept of marine areas in France and abroad to increase their number; - design a tool to help teachers who want to get started; - Involve vulnerable groups in the project: children in REP+ and ULIS schools; - focus on peer learning.
On the one hand, we have a fragile coastline that is subject to numerous pressures and threats, and on the other, we have teachers working on the coast who want to get their classes involved but don't necessarily know how or with what tools. The teacher in Boulogne-sur-Mer even told us that some of his pupils, who live in the more modest upper districts of the town, had never been to the beach before the AME project. It's hard to imagine that 8-year-olds living 1 or 2km from the sea have never set foot in the sand. So we need to equip teachers and encourage children to reconnect with the living world by encouraging their civic involvement, all to preserve ecosystems. The concept of marine educational areas is one way of doing this. Not yet fully known in France, it is not at all known abroad. The aim of this project was therefore to analyse the needs and progress of a Belgian class, guided by a French pilot class, to produce an interactive guide that can be used by classes in many countries.