Marine & Freshwater Environmental Education
Can you identify these different seashells? (Answers as common names in the next post)
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Images (c) seashells.org
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Of course! Now, do not expect to take a whale home. There is no way your tub can fit a marine mammal comfortably, plus, taking care of a salt water tank is all too fussy.
If you are willing to donate the money you can do just about anything in the world. Adopting a whale is something I highly recommend for a classroom or family project. My fifth grade class adopted a humpback whale (named Pegasus). From the organization that my teacher used to adopt the whale the class received annual letters on the migration of Pegasus. This was a fabulous way to conceptualize currents and migration patterns. I am pretty sure my younger brother’s class adopted her baby.
The well established non-profit, Save the Whales, has a great program to adopt killer whales.
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What: Wear Blue for Oceans Day
Who: You and thousands of other that want to protect, maintain and restore the oceans, coasts, estuaries and Great Lakes
Where: Lafayette Park, across from the White House
When: January 13, 2010 at noon – Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow!
Why: To let the Obama Administration know you support a national oceans policy
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Image (c) me.
In honor of National Wear Blue for Oceans Day this January 13, 2010 here is a little ditty to get you amped … Lyrics amended from the song “Love Me Do” written by the brilliant John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Love, love our blue.
You know we love blue,
We’ll always be true,
So please, love blue too.
Whoa, love our blue.
Love, love our blue.
You know we love blue,
We’ll always be true,
So please, love blue too.
Whoa, love our blue.
Some blue to love,
Some sea so blue.
Some blue to love,
Some sea so blue.
Love, love our blue.
You know we love blue,
We’ll always be true,
So please, love blue too.
Whoa, love our blue.
Love, love our blue.
You know we love blue,
We’ll always be true,
So please, love our blue.
Whoa, love our blue.
Yeah, love our blue.
Whoa, oh, love our blue.
Answers to “Test your knowledge of sea stars” from December 31, 2009.
True or False: Sea stars are fish. They are echinoderms, a group of invertebrates. Invertebrates have no backbones. All fish have backbones.
True or False: Sea stars are closely related to sea cucumbers, sea urchins and brittle stars.
True or False: Sea stars have a flexible skeleton.
True or False: Sea stars breathe through gills. They breathe through a water vascular system. You can see the tube feet (a main component of the water vascular system) on the underside of the sea stars.
True or False: Sea stars can regenerate most body parts.
Congrats to all those that got them correct!
Image by B.K. Dewey via Flickr
1. True or False: Sea stars are fish.
2. True or False: Sea stars are closely related to sea cucumbers, sea urchins and brittle stars.
3. True or False: Sea stars have a flexible skeleton.
4. True or False: Sea stars breathe through gills.
5. True or False: Sea stars can regenerate most body parts.
(Answers can be found here.)
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Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunset “Doing my small part to preserve ocean biodiversity while advancing the vast left wing conspiracy and queer, godless agenda.”
http://coralnotesfromthefield.blogspot.com/2008/08/great-ocean-blogs.html
Sustainable Ocean Project “Changing the way we think about our oceans.”
http://sustainableoceanproject.com/
Blue Planet Divers “A Place for Researchers Divers of All Levels to Connect and Learn.”
CephalopodCast “Science info + Ocean info.”
The Beacon from Oceana
The Ship’s Blog from the National Geographic Society
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/blog/
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Can you guess the common name designated to the animal pictured to the right?
Here are some facts about the critter:
Image (c) of newscience.com
That seems like a fun question. And, worthwhile, especially since we wrote about the best beach movies this winter. But…Are we talking non-fiction or fiction? Let’s just say for the sake of relaxation you are asking about fiction. I can name some that come to mind, but, would love to hear feedback from others as well!
Here is my list:
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
I am sure there are many more that I have yet to read…please add your favorites to the comment section. Thanks!
Has anyone read Robinson Crusoe by Robert Louis Stevenson? I feel like that would be worthy of the list, but, don’t want to say I read it when I never did…
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Czech … oceánu
Dutch … ocean
Bulgarian … океан
Filipino … karagatan
Finnish … meressä
German … ozean
Hungarian … ocean
Indonesian … samudra
Italian … oceano
Latvian … okeāna
Lithuanian … vandenynas
Maltese … oċean
Polish … oceanu
Portuguese … oceano
Spanish … océano
Turkish … okyanus
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