Free classroom visit with live marine animals from SeaCamp San Diego (first 5 teachers to respond)

SEACAMP San Diego would like to offer a free classroom visit with live marine animals to the first five teachers (up to 30 students) to respond to outreach@seacamp.com.

Elementary Classrooms will receive instruction and hands on activities involving Marine Invertebrates Sticky tube feet, mobile homes, and sneaky disguises are all adaptations that help tide pool animals survive! Through an interactive exploration of five phyla of invertebrates, students observe and handle live and preserved animals as they learn what it is like to live without a backbone. Students investigate the unique characteristics that help these animals find food, eat, move, and protect themselves.

Middle School and High School Classrooms will receive instruction and hands on activities involving Marine Invertebrates From crashing waves, changing tides, severe weather, and hungry predators, intertidal organisms confront numerous obstacles as they try to survive. See how animals have adapted uniquely to survive and thrive in these precarious habitats! Through hands-on investigation, students observe and touch live and preserved specimens to gain a deeper understanding of these invertebrates. Students see how scientists use stinging cells, jointed legs, and spiny skin as important components in invertebrate classification. Students identify the defining characteristics of five major phyla of marine invertebrates and put their knowledge to the test as they work to classify these organisms.