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Oceans of Discovery

Whale Chase!

WHALE-COME to WHALE CHASE!!!


ORCA Ireland's FREE Game for kids & adults alike!


<---Press the Green Flag & Space Bar to Start!----->



Whale Chase | Desktop Game:

<------------------------------------- Press the green flag to activate your ORCA!---------------------------------------->


Press the A key to clear your level and B to clear your points and the B key to clear your level. To reset the timer press the C key. 


Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to guide the orca to catch the penguin. 


Left-right and up-down work as expected.


Press A and Z to swim towards the front or the back.


Press K to shift between keyboard and mouse control mode.


Press T to turn off the twisting behaviour (it's fun but a little glitchy).


Big thank you to Reid Richman for the project Killer Whale remix. Thank you to NickyNouse for the original project Whale. "Whale Chase" was created by Emer Keaveney, marine mammal ecologist with the Ocean Research & Conservation Association of Ireland.


TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GAME CONTACT ORCA IRELAND at info.orcatech@gmail.com.



OCEAN HERO CHALLENGE

Take the Ocean Hero Challenge and earn your Ocean Hero Award!


The Ocean Hero Challenge is for all children ages 6 to 13 years old,  who love the ocean and want to help to protect it from negative human impacts! Join in the great fun and complete one challenge per section; "Learn More", "Take Action" and FUNdraise & Donate" to earn an Ocean Hero Certificate!


1). Learn More: Dive in and learn about the different marine species most commonly seen in Irish waters and how to identify them. Take our short species I.D. quiz and then download the Observers App to put your knowledge to test this summer.



2). Take Action: Choose from one of our suggested actions - do a beach clean, enter one of ORCAIreland's art competition or have a plastic free birthday party. 



3). Fundraise & Donate:  Donate your birthday, have a cake sale, sell your old school books or do a 2km sponsored walk or cycle and donate the money you raise to help protect our oceans and marine wildlife!



COMICS 4 OCEAN HEROES!

Follow Marina and Finn, two dedicated ORCA Ireland Observers and Marine Biologists on their Adventures at Sea in ORCA's @COMICS_4_OCEANHEROES.


Marine Wildlife Quizzes!

Join in the fun and take our

Sea Animal Emoji Quiz (left) or Which Marine Species Are you Quiz (below).


Send answers from our emoji quiz to us via our website, email or social media!

Take the Quiz..Click the image below!
Which Marine Species Are You?

 Activities:

Study the photo of collective nouns of sea creatures and answer the questions. 


Fill in the blanks...


A _____________________of turtles.



A _____________________of whales.



A _____________________of swordfish.



A ____________________of sharks.



A____________________of seastars.



A____________________of oysters.



A____________________of stingrays.



A____________________of rainbow trout.


Colouring book

Download Colouring Book

Sign up to the Ocean Hero Challenge!

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