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S h e d d A q u a r i u m

S h e d d A q u a r i u m . By: Emily Hookom , Marissa Durling , and Kristy Legerski. Creekside Elementary – 3 rd Grade. 5 classes 119 students November 8, 2011. Cost:. $10 per student . Departing Creekside - 9:30 am Arriving at Shedd - 10:30 am. 2 buses 119 students

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S h e d d A q u a r i u m

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  1. SheddAquarium By: Emily Hookom, Marissa Durling, and Kristy Legerski

  2. Creekside Elementary – 3rd Grade 5 classes 119 students November 8, 2011

  3. Cost: $10 per student

  4. Departing Creekside- 9:30 amArriving at Shedd- 10:30 am 2 buses 119 students 1 bus- $35 mileage Hourly Total- $220 $255x2 buses= $510 $5 per student Buses park free on canal street

  5. Groups: 8 students per group 1 chaperone in each group teachers and parents

  6. Lunch: All students must bring sack lunches Shedd Aquarium Cafeteria Extra $1/student will be used to provide lunches to those who may have forgotten

  7. Focus: Adaptation Body parts Movement Habitats Structure Function

  8. $4 per student Fish Files: Investigate characteristics of fishes through observation and experimentation in this hands-on class!

  9. Fish Files: Students investigate the characteristics of different fishes and use a magnifying lens for an even closer look at one of them. Using observation and data collection, students conduct experiments to discover why fishes look the way they do and how they are adapted to their surroundings.

  10. Home to one-third of all living things • Anacondas, piranhas, spiders, rays, crocodiles, tetras, turtles and tambaqui • See how the region’s animals and plants adapt to the water’s dramatic annual rise and fall • 80 habitats • Big and small rivers • Our local waters • Coastal kelp forests to the seafloor • Ecosystems of Islands and Lakes • Giant octopus, blue iguanas, knife fish, moon jellies and sea stars Additional Sites to See: Amazon Rising Waters of the World Caribbean Reef • Green sea turtle, moray eel, regal rays, parrotfish and sharks • 90,000-gallon circular habitat

  11. Learning Standards: • 11.A.2b, 11.A.2c, 11.A.2d, 11.A.2e • 12.B.2a, 12.B.2b

  12. Leaving the Shedd: Departing the Shedd- 1:30pmArriving back at Creekside- 2:30pm 1:15pm- All groups meet in lobby of Shedd 1:20pm- Start heading to the buses

  13. Debrief: Class will discuss their favorite and least favorite part of the trip

  14. Resources: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/pdf/education/fish_files.pdf

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