Pre-Visit Activities : Introduction to the South Carolina Aquarium : Assessment Third - Fifth Grade Online Curriculum : Communities

Assessment:

• Can students name the South Carolina Aquarium as the destination for their field trip? If so, assign one point.
• Can students explain that the South Carolina Aquarium teaches visitors about South Carolina habitats and communities? If so, assign one point.
• Can students name two or more habitats they will see at the Aquarium? If so, assign one point.
• Can students provide a very general description of what they will be doing at the Aquarium during their structured school visit? If so, assign one point.
  

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Cross-Curricular Extensions
Art Extension
Have each student create a drawing of an animal that he/she thinks the class will see at the aquarium or field site and write a few sentences about the animal. These pictures can be bound together as a class book. After returning from the aquarium, the class can look at the book to see if their predictions were accurate.