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| OBJECTIVES | STANDARDS
| BACKGROUND | PROCEDURES | ASSESSMENT
Materials
- SCA introduction video
- Map of SC
- Large chart paper or board for KWL chart
Procedure
- Construct a KWL chart using the focus question "What
is an Aquarium?".
- Tell the students they will soon be going on a field
trip to the South Carolina Aquarium. What is an aquarium?
Why do people build aquariums? Who has been to the
South Carolina Aquarium? What do you think you will
see at there?
- Show the orientation videotape of South Carolina Aquarium.
Ask the students to raise their hands when the tape
begins to talk about a habitat. Write the habitat names
on the board.
- Following the tape, tell the students they are going
to see these habitats at the South Carolina Aquarium
and are going to go on a sensory hunt to learn more
about the living and non-living things in a habitat.
They will also be meeting some of the plants and animals
that live in South Carolina habitats.
- Ask students to predict, using what they have learned
in the pre-visit activities thus far, what each community
in each region will be like. What animals & plants
will be found there?
- Using a map of South Carolina identify the general
location of the five major regions of South Carolina
(Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Coast, Ocean).
- With student input, plan what the class will need
to bring. Put the equipment into bags which chaperones
will be responsible for (i.e. binoculars)
- Discuss Aquarium etiquette. Act out appropriate behaviors.
As a class, create a list of aquarium rules.
- Create nametags as specified by the South Carolina
Aquarium.
