| Check the list below to
see what type of aquarium, zoo or animal sanctuary there is in your
state or territory. Then click on the link to find out more
information. Here are some fun activities you can do while you’re
learning more about all the animals and fish at the facility near
you!
1. Visit the aquarium, zoo or sanctuary nearest to you (or
the one where you and your family are vacationing) and find your
favorite animal. When you get home, draw or paint a detailed picture
of it in color. Do research on your animal and find out everything
you can about it, such as:
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What does it eat?
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What animals eat YOUR animal?
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Where does it live? What does its home look like?
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Is it endangered?
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Are the animals it eats endangered?
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How long does it live?
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How large can it get?
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How is pollution or
habitat loss affecting your animal?
Write up all the facts you can find out about your animal and
make a poster to display the facts and your drawing. Hang your
poster in your room, or take it to school, your scouts meeting or
your Key Club meeting as a special project.
2. Build a “Diorama” out of a shoe box or other type of
empty box that you were going to recycle. Make it look as much like
the real environment that your animal lives in as possible. Use
inexpensive supplies from around your house or from craft stores to
create everything that might appear in your animal’s environment.
Have fun with it and use your imagination! Place the cut-out animal
from your drawing OR a 3-D replica of your animal inside its
environment. Paste your animal facts on the outside of your new
diorama, or on a display board behind it. Use your diorama for a
special school or club project, or display it in your room.
3. Help your teacher or scout/club leader organize a group
trip to your local aquarium or zoo. Show your class or group how to
make posters or dioramas of their own favorite animals. Ask your
school’s permission to display your posters or dioramas at your
school for
Earth Day, at a Science Fair, or in a special display
area such as the school Library.
OPTION: Divide up into smaller groups, so each group can
make one diorama together which will focus on the chosen animal of
that group. Everyone can help by doing one part of the diorama.
OPTION: Ask your school to offer a prize (like a great
book or a learning DVD) for the most interesting posters or
dioramas.
OPTION: Ask your local newspaper to come and do a story on
your class and their dioramas. Send the complete article (or the
entire newspaper page) and a picture of your class with their
dioramas to the Aqua Kids, and we may post it in our
Aqua Kids in
the News section!
NOTE: Please include a sheet of paper listing your first
name, age and state; your teacher or group leader’s name and the
type of class or group; the name of the newspaper; and the exact
date when the article was published. (Example - Brandy, 11 yrs. old
from Baltimore, Maryland, with Mr. Smith’s 6th grade Science Class,
Baltimore Sunpapers, March 23, 2008.)
Articles and photos cannot be returned, so be sure to keep a copy
for yourself and for your class.
Send your article and photo with your information to Aqua Kids in
the News, c/o Adventure Productions, 7718 Belair Rd., Suite 2,
Baltimore, MD 21236.
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