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Monday, January 16, 2012

Homeschool day at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport

March 9th, 2012 is Homeschool Day at the Oregon Coast Aquarium!!
 
Spend the day with your kids discovering the hard-knock life living in the ocean! Educational stations, animal encounters and programs will help your kids analyze the difficulties animals have in surviving in this rough, ever-changing ecosystem.
Learn more about our Home School programs by clicking here.
Admission fees: 
  • Pre-K – 8th grade: $7.95 
  • 9th – 12th grade: $10.20 
  • Parent: $15.45

To Register:

Call our group coordinator at 541-867-3474, Ext. 5301, or by email at education@aquarium.org. Registration must be complete one week in advance of the event date.

Schedule:

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Educational Stations, Feeding Narrations (Sea Otters & Sea Lions), Creature Crawl throughout Aquarium 
All ages. Free with admission. No preregistration.


10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon: Sea Squirts: Furry Friends
What does a marine mammal feel like? Join us to explore some of the furriest ocean creatures out there! 
2-3 year olds with a parent. $15 members/$20 nonmembers. Must register in advance by Wednesday, March 7!

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.: Book and a Beast: A House for Hermit Crab 
Can you carry your home on your back? Read with us a story about an animal who does and meet him in person! 
K-2nd grade. Free with admission. No preregistration.

1:00 to 1:45 p.m.: Sense-ational Sharks 
Travel beyond the myth of the man-eater with us to discover how sharks are supremely adapted for the life of an ocean predator.
All ages. Free with admission. No preregistration

3:00 to 4:00 p.m.: It’s a Rough Life Lab 
The rocky shore is a tough neighborhood. Students will learn about the remarkable ways tidepool residents are adapted to weather the extremes of life on the rocks.
K-6th grade. Max 40 students. Free with admission.

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