Thursday, 6 August 2015

Young Explorer Day - Sharks

Yesterday we had a lab full of Young Explorers eager to learn about sharks and marine biology.  Next week we are offering a week long marine biology program or just Whale Wednesday.

Observing skates, a cartilaginous relative of sharks.

Checking out what the skate looks like on the bottom.

Exploring the intertidal zone.

What can we find under this rock?

A sideswimmer!

Digging for shark teeth to identify.

Wow, look at all the layers of teeth in the silky shark jaw!

Drawing lifesize sharks.

It took all of us to make up the huge megalodon shark!

Making shark fact bookmarks.

Not all sharks use their teeth to eat, some like the basking shark use their gill rakers to filter food from the water.

1 comment:

  1. My daughter Penny, attended Shark Day and had a blast! Her favorite parts were touching the skates, exploring the intertidal zone and the shark teeth discovery & analysis activity. She also enjoyed feeding time for the seals, the touch tank and drawing the sharks to scale! We will be back next summer!

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