Students learn what they can do to help maintain a healthy marine environment. Students explore the magic of these beautiful creatures by role playing and watching for live dolphins off the pier. Includes a discussion of animal grouping and classification.
Students become junior marine biologists by digging for sand crabs, sand dollars, and shells.
They learn about tides and waves, and explore the habitat formed by drift kelp. Students collect plankton samples from the pier and examine them through different microscopes in the lab. Can also include other oceanographic sampling tests. Overcome your fears as students learn about shark adaptations and characteristics, and get a chance to pet a live shark. Key to the Sea Key to the Sea is an innovative program designed to enhance existing field trip programs to the local marine science centers.