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Staying Alive 

Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 4  
Explore and discover how animals survive in different environments. Learn how size, shape, colour and behaviour help them stay alive, and what we can do to maintain healthy habitats in our communities.
The Staying Alive school program provides students with an extraordinary hands-on opportunity to explore the underwater world by observing, discussing, and touching live aquatic animals in the Aquarium's galleries. Through this experience, the students discover the adaptations animals use to stay alive in the tropical seas, and B.C. waters. They also pick up some basics about conservation and learn how everyone can help aquatic animals.

Staying Alive

Program Details

Availability

Staying Alive is offered over two semesters from October 11, 2011 to April 26, 2012. Please see below for semester details.
Register for this program

Fall Semester
Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays 
Time: 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Winter Semester
Days:  Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays
Time: 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. 

Class Size And Duration

Classes require a minimum of 20 students to register. The maximum capacity of the class is limited to 30 students. The duration of the class is 1.25 hours. Register early to book your program.

Learning Outcomes

These programs support the Prescribed Learning Outcomes of the B.C. Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs) and the Aquarium's conservation mission.

Communication Skills

  • Communicate observations, experiences, and thinking in a variety of ways e.g. verbally, pictorially, graphically (Processes and Skills of Science)
  • Ask questions that foster investigations and explorations relevant to the content (Processes and Skills of Science)
  • Describe the basic needs of local plants and animals (Life Science: Needs of Living Things)
  • Explain why air, water, and soil are important for living things (Earth and Space Science: Air, Water, and Soil)

Critical Thinking

  • Classify objects, events, and organisms (Processes and Skills of Science)
  • Classify familiar animals according to their similarities and differences in appearance, behaviour and life cycles (Life Science: Animal Growth and Changes)
  • Compare the structures and behaviours of local animals and plants in different habitats and communities (Life Science: Habitats and Communities)
  • Determine how personal choices and actions have environmental consequences (Life Science: Habitats and Communities)
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