Sea Otter Unit – Multiple Activities
Link to Unit and activities: http://www.kidsplanet.org/tt/seaotter/reading.html
Read moreLink to Unit and activities: http://www.kidsplanet.org/tt/seaotter/reading.html
Read moreFocus Concept: Otters Living in Glacier Bay Sub-concepts: Recolonization of Glacier Bay, history of survival, prey and eating habits, insulating attributes of fur, special adaptations to life in a marine environment, effect on marine environments, keystone species Generalization: Otters are a keystone species whose special adaptations, from physiology to eating habits, directly and indirectly effect the marine environments in which […]
Read moreSea Otter Insulation Share the following information with students. The water temperature in Glacier Bay is about 37°-50° F. Sea otters don’t have a lot of body fat (blubber) like seals and whales, but they do have very dense fur. In fact their fur is the thickest of any animal in the world and it allows them to maintain their […]
Read moreOverview What makes sea otters and seals unique marine mammals? How are they alike and different? Students find out by comparing sea otter and seal characteristics using a Venn diagram. They then play a game to review similarities and differences between sea otters and seals. Objectives Students will be able to: • Identify the body parts and behaviors of a […]
Read moreColor the sea otter, click here to download. Color the Marin mammals, click here to download. Provided by The Marin Mammal Center.
Read moreLearn about what the sea otters eat and who are the predators. To download, click here. Sea otter word search. To download, click here. Provided by The Marin Mammal Center
Read moreFrom Kristine’s blog, our new site captain at Montara State Beach. Completing over 52 days of beach cleanups this year, I can now say the hardest aspect of doing them, is being on the front lines of environmental pollution on a daily basis. It is not actually getting to the beach and picking up the trash, but merely witnessing the disregard […]
Read moreBay Area High School Team Serves and Learns By: Jackson Confer – following a volunteer workday for their team led by the Pacific Beach Coalition at Linda Mar State Beach The beaches of Northern California are the beaches that I’ve grown up on, and I never realized exactly how polluted they were until I took part in a recent beach cleanup though the […]
Read moreWoaw, what a day! I am proud to say that today was a record in pounds of trash picked up: 366lbs! It is sad to see that there is still this much trash on our Pillar Point beach even after 2 years of hard work. But, this is also the number of pounds that won’t kill the wildlife or pollute […]
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