All visits include a tour of our touch trays.
Emphasis is on the scientific method and experimental procedure.
Explore the mechanism that sea anemones and their relatives use to defend themselves and trap their food. Students will use compound microscopes to watch nematocysts fire. Learn how echinoderms eat, move, and protect themselves. Observe and feel the effects of echinoderm pedicellaria. Exploration will focus on zonation and competition for space .