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Coming in September
Home School Day
September 19, 2008
The OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center turns into your Home School Center with:
- Hands-on labs with live animals
- Special crafts and presentations
for younger students
- Resource lists and 10% bookstore discount on
educational materials
Bookmark this page for information about Fall Home-School Day programming and registration; in the meantime, here are the kinds of activities we usually offer:
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Anchovies (PK - 2) |
Fish Detectives
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Using a guide, parents and
children work together to
compare and contrast the
characteristics and behavior
between rockfish and
herring.
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Mystery Fish
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Working in teams, students
will use the information they
learned earlier to identify
the possible habitat of their
mystery fish. |
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Fish Adaptation Experiment
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Students will perform an
experiment to better
understand camouflage.
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Craft Activities |
Students will learn about the parts of a fish and also make a
paper puppet to be used in
“Fish Stories”. |
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Fish Stories
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See what it's like to be a fish out
of water in this interactive story
telling presentation
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Anchovies (PK-2) &
Flounders (Grades 3-5)
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| Guyotaku: The Art of Fish Printing |
Students will learn about fish anatomy and practice the art of
fish printing in this lab.
* All materials are provided for
a paper fish print. |
| Flounders only (Grades 3-5) |
| Amazing Trees |
Students will learn about the parts of a tree and species found along our coast. |
Flounders (Grades 3-5)
Marlins (Grades 6-8)
(Same classes taught at
different levels)
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Form & Function
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Students will learn how to
identify different species of
fish, recording information in
their own field book. Find out
why fishes have slime and
create some of your own in
this hands-on lab.
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| Salmon Lab |
In this lab, students become fisheries biologists to
conduct a mock stream survey and identify salmon fry by using the same techniques
HMSC scientists use. |
| Marlins only
(Grades 6-8)
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Fish Dissection Lab
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In teams, students will dissect different species of fish to better
understand form and function.
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Plan ahead:
HMSC’s next Home School Event, with new
labs, presentations and activities, will be held Friday, September 19,
2008 (note date change).
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