When planning for a field trip, Heidi and I truly believe that it has to either support, enhance and/or celebrate the learning going on in the classroom. In this sense, we do not plan field trips unless they are relevant to the learning going on.
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| What do you see? |
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| Sea anemones, clownfish, puffer fish and more! |
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| Students engaged in an Aquarium Scavenger Hunt using the riddles they came up with in class as clues! |
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| "What kind of shark is this? It's not a great white because it's not as big as a great white shark." - T.B. |
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| "I see the sharks' gills and big teeth!" - E.S. |
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| "The stingray has a long stinger and uses its flaps to swim in the water. How come some are big and some are small?" - R.K. |
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| The diver was not only giving away high 5's, but he was also feeding the stingrays! |
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| The jellyfish were most certainly the highlight of the trip! |
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| "I see all the tentacles and I wonder how they change colour and swim with no eyes?" - C.S. |
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| "The starfish have their mouths underneath but they have no eyes. I wonder how they stick on the glass?" - V.D. |
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| Students even got to touch Horseshoe crabs and see what they feel like. |
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| Do you see the sea horse? Do you see the pacific kelp? |
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI was just reading through some of the comments on the pictures that you took while at Ripley's aquarium. My students were researching starfish during our Ocean Inquiry this winter and we found out that starfish DO have eyes. Two of my kiddos presented this information to our class and had drawn some pictures. Maybe if you haven't already done some research and found this out yourselves, you can share this information with your class.
Kim Clark
Hi Kim,
DeleteThanks for leaving a comment and for the great information! I will share what your students discovered with our class this week!
Thanks again!
Jocelyn