1. National Aquarium Field Trip May 18 National Aquarium Field Trip May 18 Follow me!

2. Kids, keep following me! TEACHERS These websites will “buoy” your lesson planning -- lots of information and plans for teachers and activities for students Baltimore’s National Aquarium Baltimore’s National Aquarium – animals and exhibits that we’ll see Virginia Institute of Marine Science Virginia Institute of Marine Science – lots of elementary lesson plans A “Sea” of Great Ideas A “Sea” of Great Ideas – a nice assortment of teacher tools, created by a teacher Treasures @ Sea Treasures @ Sea – from Franklin Institute, a great assortment of activity ideas KiddyHouse.com KiddyHouse.com – literature-based lesson plans and resources using Leo Lionni’s Swimmy Shedd Aquarium Shedd Aquarium – a LOT of lesson plans, interactives, fact sheets, etc. Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Oceanography Sites Under the Sea Under the Sea – a site that kids can use, with activity ideas for teachers as well (note: if a page appears to be plain white, click and drag across the page – text will appear)

3. Great! You made it! Now let’s learn about sea life! KIDS Check out the aquarium we’ll be visiting - National AquariumNational Aquarium Looking for information about sea life? Check out these sites: Sea World/Busch Gardens Enchanted Learning Enchanted Learning – Scroll down the right side to Oceans, Whales, and Biomes (Coral Reefs,Oceans) Do your own searches using these: netTrekkernetTrekker – Log in: Username: CAS_LU Password: happy Science/Biology/Animals/Animals by Groups YahooligansYahooligans -- Science & Nature/Living Things/Animals/Aquatic Life Fact MonsterFact Monster –- Science/Animals/Sea Life or Aquarium KidsClick! KidsClick! -- Animals/Whales,Dolphins or Aquarium Use these keywords as bait for hooking some great information: Oceans, marine animals, dolphins, sea life, aquatic animals, aquarium

4. Photo credit: “Reef 2559.” Online image. Coral Kingdom Collection. NOAA Photo Library. 23 Nov. 2004