"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Report from our Mussel Rock volunteer Jeff Christner: “Did a quick post Earth Day hike around Mussel Rock at low tide today and the beach was mostly accessible, albeit with some dangerous climbing over some of the sea wall rocks. Found a sea lion, who I thought was dead at first, but I think he was just resting, he soon […]
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I think the Earth can be proud of us! At Pillar Point we had an amazing group of very motivated volunteers. Almost everyone showed up well before 9 AM and was ready for some action! The volunteers kept on coming with buckets and hands full of tires, pieces of wood or metal scraps. But thanks to Gina (from Apple), Nicole David, […]
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Earth Day 2016- PBC’s 12th! As usual, Linda Mar’s Earth Heroes numbered over 100- this year, 159 signed in to help our otters and friends live a clean, healthy life in their ocean! So many veterans, so many first-timers, and all good-spirited, energetic souls dedicating their Saturday to helping clean the beach and ocean. Many, many individuals, Daisy Troop 61840, […]
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The WHALE TAIL® License Plate sponsored by the California Coastal Commission gives drivers a way to help protect and restore the priceless resources of California’s coast and ocean. The Coastal Commission uses these funds to support many worthy coastal education efforts like the ones leaded by Pacific Beach Coalition, but also the annual Coastal Cleanup Day which each fall turns […]
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Link to Unit and activities: http://www.kidsplanet.org/tt/seaotter/reading.html
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Focus 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 […]
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It was a wonderful surprise that 20 students from San Mateo College arrived early to join the Mussel Rockstars today (photo above). One of the students brought her 3-year-old daughter who was heard to squeal with delight at retrieving some trash from a bluff. She danced around afterwards and made us all laugh out loud (photo at right). This is […]
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Sea 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 […]
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Overview 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 […]
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