The coastal protection team and the teaching team at Southport Eco Centre received European funding to develop an educational resource to teach children about Sefton's coastline, it's structure, how it changes over time and the challenges faced in protecting it from erosion and other issues relating to climate change.

Working from scripts written by the team and voiceovers recorded by students from local high schools we designed three characters based on the scripts. Ralph the polar bear, Priscilla the penguin and Sydney the roller skating squirrel presented a series of 6 episodes of their very own news programme "CoastWatch", broadcasting from their igloo studio.

Each episode featured the three characters exploring topics such as erosion, accretion, global warming, and climate change with the help of archive photos and animated diagrams.

Created in Adobe Flash the animations were distributed on DVD along with a collection of teaching resources compiled by the Sefton team. The DVD is made available to schools in the Sefton area and beyond. We built an html menu page enabling teachers to access the files on the DVD, which was presented in a folder which we designed and produced from digitally printed recycled polypropylene.

Client

Sefton Council Coastal Protection team

 

Project

CoastWatch animated series and resource pack

 

Elements

Animation

Illustration / Character design

Graphic design

 

Liverpool Echo Environmental Awards

The CoastWatch animations and accompanying schools resource pack were Shortlisted in the 2011 Liverpool Echo Environmental Awards.