Students will investigate marine habitats and scientific concepts in these classroom labs.
Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Andrew Reitsma
How does a squid swim? Why does a squid ink?
The answers to these questions and many more can be found with a closer look inside the squid. This hands-on dissection program allows students to closely explore squid anatomy and discover the ins and outs of these interesting ocean animals.
Get your hands wet in this 30-minute, educator-led animal exploration class.
After a brief introduction, students will touch and explore live tidepool animals, animal models, and biofacts.
In this class your students will explore the world of aquariums and aquarium filtration.
By building their own aquarium systems complete with mechanical, biological, and chemical filtration, students will be introduced to the living and nonliving components that are needed to recreate natural ocean habitats.
Be a conservation biologist while exploring efforts to conserve endangered Southern California wildlife most threatened by climate change.
In this class, learners will collaborate to design solutions for raising and releasing endangered species. Students will build a 3-D model to visualize and evaluate their ideas using real-world considerations and conservation plans currently in action.
Kelp Forests are a unique and productive habitat local to Southern California, but are also one of the most threatened by climate change.
Students will learn about the kelp forest ecosystem, why it’s important, threats, and ways we are helping these habitats recover.
Prepare yourself for one of the most spectacular light shows on earth.
Don’t look up into the night sky; look down to the depths of the dark, deep sea. Despite the crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and endless darkness, the deep sea is full of life and light. During this class, students will investigate hydrothermal vents, experiment with pressure, experience bioluminescent sea fireflies, and explore the challenges of life in the deep sea.
Join us as we discover the fascinating world of plankton, the microscopic creatures of the ocean.
Through microscope exploration and hands-on activities, learners will reveal the diversity and importance of these organisms to ocean food webs.
Ocean predators come in all shapes and sizes and use special adaptations for hunting.
Learners will use hands-on activities to investigate a variety of predators and their important roles in ocean food webs.
Take a new look at the water, weather, continents, currents, tsunamis, and hurricanes that make our Earth a dynamic system.
With an Aquarium educator as a guide, your students will explore beautiful visualizations on the Aquarium’s six-foot spherical display called Science on a Sphere. Discover the wonders of our instrumented earth and the information we can use to learn more about our planet.
