Summary: Seeks to provide step-by-step guidance for people wanting to participate in Sandwatch activities. Covers topics such as observation and recording, erosion and accretion, beach composition, human activities,beach debris, water quality, waves, longshore currents, plants and animals. Also presents two success stories of sandwatch that show how students have applied their school-based learning to everyday life, enhanced their critical thinking and conflict resolution skills and developed a sense of caring for their environment.