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Become a Naturalist

Students will explore their outdoor surroundings to discover and learn about local flora and fauna.

With a slinky, discover how dolphins and whales use echolocation to navigate and find food.

Discover one of the ways marine mammals are able to hold their breath for long dives underwater.

Create a shoreline scavenger hunt utilizing local identification books for shells, seaweed, birds and other coastal things.

Kids will discover their natural surroundings by playing an interactive game of bingo with items that can be found at your beach or shoreline

Discover how long it takes for different materials to degrade by putting items (i.e. orange peel, plastic straw) along a timeline.

Learn about our polar regions’ unique habitat and wildlife through crossword puzzles, word searches and other fun activities.

Through word searches, matching and other fun games learn about these bustling cities of marine life and how to protect them.

Students identify what kind of consumer their marine animal is by examining the prey items they find in a Jell-O filled “stomach”.

Students will learn about the importance of oysters to estuarine ecosystems and to the community.