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Students can learn about the diverse creatures at the Aquarium while completing hands-on activities. An educator will lead them through the exhibits while teaching them about these creatures’ life cycles, diets, habitats, adaptations, and more. Students can visit the seahorse habitat, handle starfish and horseshoe crabs, and learn about the Aquarium's 80,000 gallon coral reef. They can also touch animals in the touch tank, and watch a shark or ray feeding. Hands-on activities like building a model horseshoe crab and digging for shark teeth help to make their experience a memorable one.

supports classroom learning in:
Environmental Studies, Science

topics covered:
animals, biology, classification, ecology, marine life, science

contact info
Name: Kathy Hiester
Phone: 904-429-9777
Email: [email protected]

INFO

Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Group Size: Varies. Program Type: Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. Recomm. Length of Visit: 3 hours. Recommended Ratio of Youth to Chaperones: Varies.Recommended Ratio of Youth to Chaperones: Varies.Recommended Ratio of Youth to Chaperones: Varies. Registration: Phone, Email. Cost: Fee

ABOUT

St. Augustine Aquarium

The first phase of St. Augustine Aquarium is now open with colorful, engaging exhibits and hundreds of local sea creatures to encounter. Visitors can see fish, sharks, seahorses, horseshoe crabs, and much more. There’s much to do at the Aquarium – touch invertebrates, watch a feeding at the Shark & Stingray Cove, learn about the coral reef, and even go snorkeling with hundreds of Florida reef fish!

contact info

Hrs: Vary.

HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)

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Aquarium Lesson Plan

FUN FACTS

• Did you know a sea cucumber can shoot its intestines at predators, and then regrow them, in order to avoid being eaten?

• An electric eel can produce 500 watts of electricity (that’s enough to light up 10 light bulbs) to frighten away predators.

• Dolphins sleep with one half of the brain and one eye open to watch for danger.

• No matter how many pieces you cut a sea sponge into each piece will continue living and growing.

• Ocean life can do amazing things to survive. As you visit an aquarium with your students, note the different ways animals defend themselves. Just like a squid, people wouldn’t bother you either if you squirted black ink in their face!

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