education PrograMs
2013–2014
The New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences (NJAAS), Adventure Aquarium’s education partner, offers a variety of educational programs to enhance your group’s trip. Our hands-on programs are designed to support your classroom’s science curriculum, and enhance Common Core Curriculum Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Whether you’re studying habitats or careers, these programs will enrich your students’ experience at Adventure Aquarium and create stewards of the environment. Pre and post activities, as well as Exhibit Companions, are available online at adventureaquarium.com/educator-inlet to further supplement your educational journey at the Aquarium.
New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences
Classroom Lessons, Theatre, and Tour Programs are 30 minutes in length and are offered Monday-Friday from September 16, 2013 – June 13, 2014 between 10:00 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. (No classes will be scheduled from December 23 – January 3 and on all major holidays.)
If you do not see a program that interests you, NJAAS staff would be happy to design a program especially for your class. Please call 856-365-1025 or email teachers@njaas.org for information regarding this special service.
CLASSROOM LESSONS
Limit 30 participants
grades k-8
toddler Programs
new EXCLUSIVE FOR WINTER 2014: FROG FANATICS! This lesson is designed to complement Adventure Aquarium’s new FROGS! Nature’s Messenger exhibit. Explore an amazing assortment of these awesome amphibians. Younger students will experience up-close encounters as they learn about the diversity of frogs, while older students will meet interesting amphibians and learn about frog conservation.
Designed especially for toddlers, these fun and interactive lessons are designed to add an educational element to your field trip. All lessons are highly interactive to keep little hands and feet busy.
Available January through April 2014.
RAINBOW REEF Discover how some underwater animals use their colors to hide in reefs or scare away other animals.
SONGS OF THE SEA Your students will discover how animal sounds help the ocean as they learn from and listen to animal musical acts.
Prek – k ANIMAL WRAPPERS Key Concepts: Classification, Organisms, Habitats Explore the diversity of “animal wrappers” and learn how an animal’s covering helps it survive in its environment. FABULOUS FISH
Key Concepts: Adaptations, Organisms Dive into the fascinating underwater world of unusual and extraordinary fish, from seahorses to sharks!
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