LIFE IN THE BAY & CREEK “On Your Own” at the Virginia Aquarium (BOP)

 Begin at the Upland River Area.

-Find the two most closely related turtles and write their scientific names. ______& ______-Find two closely related fish and write their scientific names. ______& ______-How can you tell that the two turtles or the two fish are closely related to each other? ______

 Read about ocean and bay mammals.

Marine mammals are descendants from ______.

List two features that are unique to mammals. 1. 2.

 Turtles

-Describe an interesting fact for each of the different types of turtles.

Green Turtle Fact:

Loggerhead Turtle Fact:

Leatherback Turtle Fact:

Hawksbill Turtle Fact:

 Read about what makes a shark a shark.

-Is a shark considered a fish or a mammal? ______

-Describe what the skeleton of a shark is made of? ______

-Observe the three different types of sharks in the shark tank as well as their different types of teeth. Based on your observations of the teeth, describe what the diet of each shark would be.

Nurse Shark Sand Tiger Shark Sandbar Shark Description of teeth: Description of teeth: Description of teeth:

Diet: Diet: Diet:

 Go to the Ray touch tank! (make sure you get to touch the rays!)

-Draw a picture of a ray and a skate.

-Describe a similarity and a difference between a ray and a skate.

Similarity: ______

Difference: ______

-Are rays more similar to bony fish or sharks? Why? ______

______

 To discuss back at school Can you describe the classification system and its usefulness? How do morphological features (body shape, teeth…) determine the type of environment and the organism’s role in the environment?

LIFE IN THE BAY & CREEK “On Your Own” at the Virginia Aquarium (BOP)

 Begin at the Upland River Area.

-Find the two most closely related turtles and write their scientific names. ______& ______-Find two closely related fish and write their scientific names. ______& ______-How can you tell that the two turtles or the two fish are closely related to each other? ___Classified in the same genus; morphological features ______

 Read about ocean and bay mammals.

Marine mammals are descendants from ___land___ __animals__.

List two features that are unique to mammals. 1. Give birth to live young, mammary glands, nurse young 2. Covered in fur or hair,

 Turtles

-Describe an interesting fact for each of the different types of turtles.

Green Turtle Fact:

Loggerhead Turtle Fact:

Leatherback Turtle Fact:

Hawksbill Turtle Fact:

 Read about what makes a shark a shark.

-Is a shark considered a fish or a mammal? ______fish______

-Describe what the skeleton of a shark is made of? ____cartilage____

-Observe the three different types of sharks in the shark tank as well as their different types of teeth. Based on your observations of the teeth, describe what the diet of each shark would be.

Nurse Shark Sand Tiger Shark Sandbar Shark Description of teeth: Description of teeth: Description of teeth:

Diet: Diet: Diet:

 Go to the Ray touch tank! (make sure you get to touch the rays!)

-Draw a picture of a ray and a skate.

-Describe a similarity and a difference between a ray and a skate.

Similarity: ______

Difference: ______

-Are rays more similar to bony fish or sharks? Why? __more similar to sharks, skeletons are made

__of cartilage__

 To discuss back at school Can you describe the classification system and its usefulness? How do morphological features (body shape, teeth…) determine the type of environment and the organism’s role in the environment?