Classroom & field activities/resources

These activities have been created by or suggested by Florida marine educators.

• A Closer Look Activity Guide (New England Aquarium).  Contains fish activities.
• Observation and Description of Organisms activity
• Invert Alert.  Activity designed for use with oyster reef studies.
• Marine Larvae--Are you me?  Activity to introduce the larval (planktonic) forms of several marine animals.
• Mark-Recapture Lab.  Activity from Access Excellence.  Simulation of mark-recapture technique using beans.  Great as a classroom introduction prior to a field activity.
• Field sampling equipment.  An annotated list of field gear and uses developed for the Florida School for the Deaf & Blind.
• Field science on a shoestring budget.  Document prepared to give teachers suggestions of ways to cut costs when aquiring field gear.  Contains instructions for making several types of field sampling gear.
• Sapelo Island: Georgia's Coastal Treasure.  Document contains lots of information and great activities for coastal saltmarsh & beach habitats.  Includes "Too Many Crabs"--classroom simulation of quadrat study--a great activity to do with students before using quadrats in the field.
• Snail Lab.  Classroom lab to measure snail crawling speed.
• Fish tank territories.  Activity from Woods Hole to observe fish behavior.
• Fish Behavior Bingo (Sea World) and worksheet.
• Ocean Animal Aquarium-Teacher's Guide
• Estuarine Aquarium Keeping for Beginners (VIMS)
• Beach profiles (MA Sea Grant).  I use a modified version of the profiling rods described in this bulletin.  Instead of wooden poles, I use PVC.  I use 1" painter's tape to mark the 1" increments on the vertical poles.