Ray Pool Sea Otter NORTHERN PACIFIC GALLERY
Tropical Tunnel
Seals & Sea Lions TROPICAL PACIFIC GALLERY
Cafe Scuba
Level 1
Shark Lagoon
Northern Preview
Shark Lagoon Tropical Preview SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/BAJA GALLERY
Blue Cavern Seals & Sea Lions Blue Cavern CHANGING EXHIBIT GALLERY Watershed
Honda Theater
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the eyes of theoxygen molecule! Take atripthrough theAquarium through plants makingtheoxygen, it’s algae! happens intheoceans aswell, butinstead of dioxidecarbon through respiration. Thiscycle oxygen. Animalsbreathe inoxygen out andlet the sunto buildmoleculesof sugarandrelease CHAPERONE Plants dioxide usecarbon andenergy from other.Animals andplants needeach Oxygen The story of GUIDE P I R T D L E I F Aquarium’s galleries.Thebackground information, Use thisguideto move your group through the guided questions, and activities willkeepguided questions, andactivities your students engaged andactively learning. 5th GRADE Chaperones:
Level 2 Sea Otters Where are they? Tropical Tunnel Ray Pool Sea Otter This map shows the locations NORTHERN PACIFIC GALLERY Live Coral of exhibits where you can see Surge Channel Tropical Tunnel the story of oxygen throughout the Aquarium. Seals & Sea Lions TROPICAL PACIFIC GALLERY Tropical Reef Exhibit Key: Photosynthesis — Blue Cavern, Northern Preview, Surge Channel Respiration — Shark Lagoon, Sea Otters, Tropical Reef
Symbiosis — Tropical Preview, Live Coral, Tropical Tunnel Cafe Water Usage — Our Watershed: Pathway to the Pacific Scuba
Shark Lagoon SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/BAJA GALLERY
Seals & Sea Lions Blue Cavern CHANGING EXHIBIT GALLERY
Honda Theater
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Kelp Fish & Otters Corals & Algae Watersheds & People
Often called seaweed, kelp is a primary producer found in cold, All animals need to breathe. Some, like mammals, use lungs to breathe Corals are animals! Each little polyp, which looks like a cup, is A watershed is a specific land area that drains water into a river nutrient-rich, ocean environments. As a producer, it makes its own air. Fish use gills to take oxygen out of the water. Marine mammals an individual animal. Corals need to eat in order to survive. They system or other body of water. This water can come from high in food and releases oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. make more efficient use of each breath than humans by holding more get food from small algae that live inside of their tissues. These the mountains or from rain that falls. No matter where you are, Southern California also has phytoplankton, plant-like drifters, oxygen in their muscles and blood. algae, called zooxanthellae, provide most of the food the coral you are in a watershed. What you do to your watershed impacts which produce oxygen and provide food for kelp forest animals. needs, as well as the coral’s bright color. the ocean and the animals that live in it. Guiding questions: Guiding questions: How does oxygen get from your lungs to the rest of your body? Guiding questions: Guiding questions: Why does the Aquarium have artificial kelp on exhibit? Do fish use the same body part to breathe? Coral bleaching occurs when the algae leaves the coral. What’s the biggest use of water in the average home? Coral reefs don’t have as much phytoplankton as kelp forests. Why can marine mammals hold their breath What changes might cause this to happen? If you left trash in the street, where would it go when it rains? How are these two environments different? so much longer than a person? Can we do anything about it? What are ways you can save water in your home?
Activities for students: Activities for students: Activities for students: Activities for students: Breathe in once. Thank our rainforests. Breathe in again. Watch the otters for three minutes. Find other examples of symbiosis around the Aquarium. Find where you live on the map. What watershed do you live in? Thank our oceans! Over half the oxygen we breathe Keep track of everything they do during that time. (Hint: Look for one animal cleaning another or an animal living What river connects your neighborhood to the ocean? comes from our oceans. What observations can you make? inside another one.) Make it rain. Where does the water go?
GILLS Coral Polyp The L.A. River moves pollution and water through our Did you know? watershed to San Pedro Bay. The coral in the Tropical Reef Habitat is artificial. Why?
Did you know? The algae in the Blue Cavern exhibit is Otters can hold their breath for three an artificial replication of giant kelp. to five minutes. Seals can hold their breath for over twenty minutes!
Zooxanthellae
Giant kelp can grow two to three feet a day.