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Do you want to explore the Atlas in a fun way?
On this page, you will find several games and interactive activities! Click on the yellow buttons to access them and download the interactive quizzes.
ActivityDescription and further information
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A seal is resting on the beach in Ostend (Belgium). Have you seen a seal on the beach? Stay at a distance to ensure that you do not disturb the seal!
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Atlas Hide and Seek Game 

A new map layer ‘European Maritime Day in My Country 2025’ is available in the European Atlas of the Seas. Follow the hints of the Atlas team to discover the five images they have hidden in the map and learn about marine biodiversity!
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Ready to explore Europe's marine biodiversity and ecosystems? 

1. Download the presentation
2. Open it in slideshow mode
3. Start the quiz and select your answer  
4. Wrong answer? Click “That's not the answer... Let's try again!" If you see a map, you got it right!  
5. Need more details? Click the hyperlink below the map for further information.  
6. Ready to continue? Move to the next slide and keep exploring!  

Learn more about the ocean with this quiz!
  • General publications
  • 14 February 2025
Download the European Atlas of Seas' Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems Quiz
Ships entering and leaving the port of Ostend in Belgium.
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Atlas Blue Economy Challenge

They have done it again! The Atlas team has hidden five images related to sectors of the Blue Economy in the European Maritime Day in My Country 2024 map layer! To help you, they have revealed the geographical coordinates of the locations where they are hidden. Can you find them?

General publications29 April 2024
Blue Economy Challenge - Teachers Guide

 

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Marine Litter Quiz
  • General publications
  • 28 March 2024
Download the Atlas’ Quiz on Marine Litter

Wish to know more about pollution on beaches and in the ocean?

  1. Open the presentation in slide show mode. On the second page, click on the answer.
  2. Not correct ? Click on “Let’s try again”! You see a map? Well done! 
  3. Looking for further information? Click on the hyperlink below the map. To continue, move to the next slide.

 

European Atlas of the Seas Educational Quiz
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Educational Quiz
  • General publications
  • 19 November 2023
Download the European Atlas of the Seas Educational Quiz

With this educational quiz, learn about sea level rise, mean underwater depth and marine litter.

 

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Atlas Geocaching game

The Atlas’ technical team has hidden three objects in the map layer ‘European Maritime Day in My Country 2023’. The geographical coordinates for the locations where these objects can be found are included in the game instructions. By using the Atlas’ measure tool, students can find these locations and find the common theme to these three objects.

Teachers' Guide - Geocaching game

 

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Boat race level 1 (New Skipper)

Boat Race level 2 (Experienced skipper)

Discover activities organized across Europe for European Maritime Day in my Country 2022 by participating in a virtual boat race that will take you from Finland to Italy!

Boat race level 2 (Experienced skippers) is aimed at skippers who are already familiar with the European Atlas of the Seas and the use of geographical coordinates to find locations on a map. Not yet an experienced skipper in the Atlas? Become one with boat race level 1 (New skipper)!

Teachers' Guide - Boat race level 1

Teachers' Guide - Boat race level 2

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Treasure Hunt

Have you ever heard of a treasure, hidden in a map?

Resolve the questions in the game, travel through the European Atlas of the Seas and find the treasure!

Teachers' Guide - Treasure Hunt

 

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Easter Egg

Find our Easter Egg!

Solve the questions and see what happens!

Teachers' Guide - Easter Egg

 

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Biodiversity quiz

Learn about

  • Marine Natura 2000 sites;
  • Regional Sea Conventions; and
  • Posidonia oceanica!

 

 

 

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