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Distance Learning
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| MAREX Units: | ||
| UGA Marine Extension Service | ||
| UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium | ||
| UGA Shellfish Research Laboratory | ||
| UGA Marine Advisory Services | ||
| UGA Seafood Education & Marketing |
2008 National Marine Educators' Association Conference
"SEAfari"
Programs for K-12 Classes |
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The Virtual Aquarium Tour Recommended for grades 3-6, can be adapted for other grades |
Fish make up over 1/2 of the number of vertebrate species on our planet. How much do you, and your students know about this remarkable group of animals? We will take the students on a tank-by-tank tour of our aquaria to examine the basic design of fish and illustrate adaptations to a variety of habitats. |
Feeding Frenzy Recommended for grades 4-8 |
Join us as we take a close look at the feeding strategies and adaptations of several residents of Georgia's coastal waters. Find out which group of animals finds it perfectly acceptable to eat with their feet! During the hour program we will examine the eating habits of zooplankton, sea jellies, crabs, snails, barnacles, fish, and others. |
Sea Turtle Safari Recommended for grades 3-6, can be adapted for other grades |
Take an imaginary journey with a baby loggerhead sea turtle from inside its leathery egg to the deep waters of the ocean. Meet a baby loggerhead living at the Marine Education Center & Aquarium! We'll learn about the lives of these amazing marine reptiles and what makes them so unique. We'll also take a look at the efforts being made on the coast of Georgia to save these magnificent animals from extinction. This program compliments Georgia State QCC K-5 science objectives involving the study of animals and the adaptations which allow them to survive. |
Holy Sea Cow Batman: Its a Manatee! Recommended for grades 4-8 |
Manatees are the gentle giants of the coast. These slow moving large marine mammals spend their days grazing marine and aquatic vegetation belying there relationship to their closest land relative the elephant. This program presents the life history of this docile creature through video footage, stories of personal encounters and Manatee bones and skull. |
Marvelous Marine Mammals Recommended for grades 4-8 |
The private and public lives of dolphins, whales and manatees are revealed in this engaging program of our favorite, most visible and marvelous marine mammals. Bottlenose and Spotted Dolphins are seen along our coastal waters throughout the year, while North Atlantic Right Whales are seen only during our late fall and winter months. The Florida Manatees are typically seen only during the summer months. Through video footage, slides, skulls, bones and baleen the presenter Cathy Sakas of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary will discuss the natural history of these large creatures and cover issues threatening their health and their very existence. Highlights of the program include rare video footage of Bottlenose Dolphins engaged in "mudding", a feeding strategy exhibited only by coastal South Carolina and Georgia populations. Other highlights include rare video footage of a baby Florida Manatee nursing its mother, and historic slides of the first baby North Atlantic Right Whale stranded on a Georgia beach from the winter of 1980. |
"Thar She Blows! Its The Right Whale!" Recommended for grades 4-8 |
The
North Atlantic Right Whale is the most endangered whale in the world
with about 350 members left in its population. Cathy Sakas,
Marine Educator at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, will present
the life history of the Right Whale through video, slides, bones,
skulls, personal encounters and preserved specimens. She will
also discuss the research that takes place off our coast each winter,
and the reasons these buoyant, oil ladened, slow moving leviathans
are so endangered. |
Spineless Wonders Recommended for grades 2-8 |
A close up look at the many invertebrate animals that live in our tidal rivers and along our beaches using macro lenses and microscopes to examine these "alien" looking creatures. |
The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in its programs or activities. The Director of the UGA Equal Opportunity Office at 3 Peabody Hall, Athens, Georgia 30602 (telephone 706-542-7912) has been designated to handle inquiries regarding these non-discrimination policies.
This page was last updated on
March 3, 2008
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