7-12 Seaworld Field Trip Guide

WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT , CAMP IS IN SESSION . SEAWORLD EDUCATION PROGRAMS Each session of SeaWorld Camp brings campers incredibly close to their favtorite ocean animals. Join us this summer fort a safe, fun and educational camp TUDENT extperience in a not-so-traditional setting. S Resident Camps FIELD TRIP GUIDE Day Camps RADES Sleepovers G 7–12 All camp sessions feature plenty of time for SeaWorld fun—spectacular shows, awesome animal attractions and thrilling rides. SeaWorldSanDiego.com/Education (800) 2 57-4268 ©2015 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. ANSWERS PENGUIN ENCOUNTER DOLPHIN POINT SEA WORLD FIELD TRIP GUIDE Penguin keepers simulate the 181 kg x .04= 7 kg of food daily seasonal lighting changes in 181 kg x .06= 11 kg of food daily Antarctica. When it‘s summer 7 kg divided by 2.3 kg = 3 NIMAL ONNECTIONS hAere in SCan Diego, it’s winter in 11 kg divided by 2.3 = 5 Antarctica — and dark nearly A 181-kg (400-lb.) dolphin gets SHAMU CLOSE UP/ S HAMU STADIUM WELCOME TO SEA WORLD ! 24 hours a day. 3 to 5 multivitamins each day, 1 depending on how much food 2 2 it eats. v = length x pi x radius radius= ⁄ x 2 m=1 m 2 Sv=H9A.5RK mE xN 3C.O1U4N xT 1ER m The veterinarian’s job is to keep Volume of ave3r.age sized burrow the killer whales healthy. To do is about 30 m this, the veterinarian checks the URTLE EEF Our education program is designed to introduce your wThales’ wReight, eyes, ears, blowhole, and takes small blood students to marine life. Ensure a successful learning Sharks sense water movement samples to examine in the lab. experience by visiting as many SeaWorld animal habitats with a lateral line system and sense weak electrical fields ELUGA HALES AT ILD RCTIC as you can before and after your education show. JBellyfish rWesemble floWating pAlastic with their ampullae of Lorenzini. LAMINGOS bags. Baby sea turtles are only a AF shark may attack a human to This booklet will help you and your students learn about few inches long when they hatch. defend a territory or to investigate the animals at SeaWorld. As you visit each exhibit, please potential prey. Sounds are produced by move - encourage them to read the animal information in the OLAR EARS AT ILD RCTIC mP ents oBf air in naWsal sacAs below DIVE DEEPER ” Carrots contain carotene. If a booklet and try to answer the questions. (Answers are ANTA the blowhole. Belugas vocalize for pMerson consumes large quantities communication and navigation. on the last page.) of carrots, his or her skin can take on an orange tinge. The learning does not stop at SeaWorld. Using the Polar bears mainly prey on seals, especially ringed seals. They use “ conservation challenge at the bottom A bat ray has spiracles behind its WALRUSES AT WILD ARCTIC PACIFIC POINT their eyesight, hearing, and eyes that provide oxygenated of each page, marine science also may be used to support especially their sense of smell blood directly to the eye and brain to find prey. the Reading/Language Arts Framework. Encourage through a separate blood vessel. students to research the answer at school, at home, TTER UTLOOK Walruses, seals, and sea lions are SOcientisOts gather data on where the at the library, or on the Internet and share their results. all pinnipeds. seals are, how deep they dive, and 3,000 clams x 2 feedings = how long they hold their breath. Enjoy your SeaWorld Education Program! 6,000 clams consumed daily. 6,000 clams x 365 days = Sea otters are the “furriest” 2,190,000 clams in one year. animals on the planet, with an average of 650,000 hairs per square inch. They rely on their dense fur to keep warm. ©2015 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. ©2015 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. 16 PENGUIN ENCOUNTER JUST FOR TEACHERS _ SeaWorld.com/Teachers All six penguin species at the Penguin Encouter have SDhida myouu TkVnow that SeaWorld has a website just for educators? _ reproduced here. Since the attraction opened in 1983, Visit to find free downloadable hundreds of chicks have been raised successfully. SeaWorld activities and other classroom resources. Shamu TV San Diego was the first zoological facility in the world to Shamu TV breed emperor penguins. Bring SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Discovery Coves’ award- _ Bands on each flipper identify individual penguins. Bands Gwrinonuipn gC aemnvp ironmental education series, , right into help SeaWorld aviculturists monitor each bird’s food intake your classroom. Select for shows and instructional and health. It also helps identify breeding pairs, ensuring resources. genetic variation within the colony. SeaWorldSanDiego.com/Education During summer, SeaWorld Penguin Keepers dim the lights This multi-night resident camp for grades 4-12 includes lodging, inside the Penguin Encounter. Why? meals, activities and supplies. For details call (800) 257-4268, x4 or explore online at SHAMU’S SECRET Thank you SeaWorld San Diego participates in the Species Survival Plan (SSP) for Humboldt penguins, a vulnerable species. The SSP is a captive propagation and management program to preserve, in zDoIoVsE aDnEdE aPqEuR ariums, species that are threatened or endangered in the wild. for participating in your SeaWorld instructional field trip program today. Penguin habitats and food sources are threatened by global climate change. Use the library or Internet to discover which species are most at risk. Brainstorm, as a class, ways to help prevent the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide that leads to climate change©.2 015 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. ©2015 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. 2 15 SHARK ENCOUNTER POLAR BEARS AT WILD ARCTIC _ _ Ursus maritimus _ Elasmobranchii is a scientific subclass of cartilaginous fishes _ Polar bears are found throughout the circumpolar Arctic. that includes sharks and rays. Like all fishes, sharks have They inhabit seasonal sea ice, water, islands, and continental fins. A caudal (tail) fin is used for propulsion; pectoral fins coastlines. The scientific name for polar bear, provide lift; dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins aid in stability. , is Latin for “sea bear.” _ _ Sharks are excellent hunters. In addition to the seeing, Polar bears are one of the largest land carnivores. The largest hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting senses that we have, polar bear ever recorded was a male weighing 1,002 kg sharks have two other senses. What are they? (2,209 lb.) and measuring 3.7 m (12 ft.) long. _ Of about 400 species of sharks in the world, only a few have Polar bears havea pae dxe nse coat of fur that appears mainly ever attacked people. Shark attacks are very rare, and when white. In fact, the hairs are actually translucent and hollow a shark does attack, it rarely eats its victim. Can you think of and reflect light, giving a polar bear its white coloration. two reasons a shark might attack a human? Polar bears are (top) predators in the Arctic. What is SHAMU’S SECRET the main prey of polar bears? What senses do polar bears use to find their prey? SHAMU’S SECRET In 1996 the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) awarded SeaWorld San Diego the prestigious Significant Achievement Award. This award recognizes SeaWorld’s elasmobranch breeding program. Cownosed rays, bat rays, swell sharks, SeaWorld’s polar bears have taken part in a groundbreaking Pacific blacktip sharks, whitetip sharks, leopard sharks, and study. Scientists from the Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute DIVE DEEPER bonnethead sharks have all reproduced at SeaWorld. are studying polar bear hearing in hopes of helping wild polar bears adjust to climate change related shifting of their populations to areas near humans. DIVE DEEPER Each year, humans catch millions of sharks mostly for their valuable fins; the key ingredient in shark fin soup. Many people feel that this is not a problem since they believe that all sharks are dangerous. Yet, very few shark species are potentially Polar bears and other arctic wildlife are vulnerable to changes dangerous to humans. Have your students find out why sharks in seasonal sea ice and other effects of global climate change. are an important part of their ocean ecosystems and what is Divide the students into groups and have them research on the currently happening to shark populations. Then discuss whether Internet to discover which arctic animals may be affected by sharks pose a lar©g2e0r1 5t hSeraeWaotr ltdo P ahruksm &a Enntse rotari nhmuenmt, aInnc.s to sharks. climate change. H©a20v1e5 tSheaeWmor lpdr Peasrkesn &t Etnhteeritrai nfimnednti,n Ingcs. to the class. 4 13 WALRUSES AT WILD ARCTIC ANIMAL CONNECTIONS _ _ _ Walruses belong to the group of animals called Pinnipeds. Can you find the frog habitat? Frogs belong to the scientific What other kinds of mammals are pinnipeds? Class Amphibia. Other amphibians are toads, newts, The vibrissae (whiskers) located on the face of a walrus salamanders, axolotls, and caecilians. Most amphibians help locate prey on the dark ocean bottom. A walrus may undergo metamorphosis from the larval to the adult life _ stages. Tadpoles have gills for breathing underwater and a have as many as 700 vibrissae on its face. A substantial nerve _ network transmits tactile information from the vibrissae to tail for swimming. Adult frogs have lungs for respiration on the brain. land and absorb oxygen through their skin in water. Their legs are adapted for leaping and swimming. Walruses are benthic (bottom) feeders, preferring molluscs such as clams. An adult walrus may eat as many as 3,000 to Water monitors typically burrow in river banks. The 6,000 clams at a single feeding. Observations have indicated burrow’s entrance begins with a downward slope but then that walruses fill their stomachs twice daily.

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