How to participate
The Marine SABRES School Competition 2026 will take place on Friday, 22 May 2026, International Day for Biological Diversity and European Maritime Day.
By registering to the Marine SABRES School Competition 2026, you will tutor your students in playing an online serious game.
Your student will discover more about how human communities can manage, protect, and benefit from marine ecosystems.
Rules
- The game will open on Friday, 22 May 2026 at 09:00 and close on 17:00 CEST. Check your timezone.
- You have max 1 hour to complete the game.
- Only teachers can log in and play: you are tutoring your students and facilitating their interaction with the serious game.
- Each teacher can play only once with the same group of students. More than one teacher per school can play, but they must tutor different groups of students.
- You must answer each question before moving on to the next one.
- You have multiple attempts for each question but the number of available points decreases after each try.
- The final score takes into account the total number of earned points and the completion time.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the Marine SABRES School Competition 2026, your students will be able to:
- Describe the relationship between us and the ocean;
- List rules or tools we can adopt to protect the ocean;
- Discuss ideas to help people act better toward the ocean.
Who is invited to participate
Why participate
- Discover how strong the link between us and the ocean is;
- Improve awareness and attitude towards the marine environment – to which we all belong!
- Meet teachers and students from across Europe and learn from peers;
- Find the support of a European network of researchers.
Marine SABRES (Marine Systems Approaches for Biodiversity Resilience and Ecosystem Sustainability) is an EU-funded research project aiming to reduce the negative effects of human activities on the ocean and develop well-balanced ways to manage coastal areas.
Read more about the project: marinesabres.eu
