Students visit the touch tank, examine live crabs and their predators, participate in the Pincher Theater and dance the Hermit Crab Cha-Cha. Call for details. The Dana Point Marine Life Refuge contains some of the best rocky intertidal habitat in Southern California. All Ocean Institute programs teach gentle exploration techniques and environmental protection. Students then construct a series of stories that describe life just beyond the shore break.
Students then learn to identify animals and discuss adaptations for tides, waves and predation.
Students can join us as we explore careers in marine biology, take a virtual field trip into the Intertidal Zone and identify and examine animals that live in this unique environment, or learn about the relationship between whales and our environment. Teacher packet with background information, data sheets and pre-conference activities included. Please call for additional details and equipment information. Only 300 at a time The Orange County Ocean Institute has been working hard to improve the protection and preservation of the Dana Point Marine Life Refuge. Human impact problems in the Refuge have been growing steadily and in the past five years have begun to degrade the Refuge.