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Wet Lab Exploration

Recommended for Grades 8-11
In this interactive program, your students’ will get their hands wet by investigating a diverse array of live marine invertebrates from  local B.C. waters in our Wet Lab, a behind-the-scenes classroom customized for this experience.This unique hands-on program helps facilitate a new appreciation for local seashore life by introducing students to the characteristics that distinguishes local marine animals and the conservation issues affecting them. It also encourages students to consider current stewardship opportunities from a perspective often unmatched by the average school classroom. 

In this program, students investigate and share what they know about the live marine invertebrates before them, creating a dynamic team learning environment. Knowledgeable and friendly educators help facilitate student learning and discovery but this is an inquiry-based program where your class' investigation provides the theme for learning outcomes.

Wet Lab Exploration

Program Details

Availability

Wet Lab Exploration is offered over one semester from January 9 to April 23, 2012. Please see below for semester details.
Register for this program

Winter Semester
Days:  Mondays
Time: 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m.
and 1:30 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 hour. 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

  • Explain the significance of salinity and temperature in the world’s oceans (Life Science: Water Systems on Earth)
  • Describe factors that affect productivity and species distribution in aquatic environments (Life Science: Water Systems on Earth)
  • Explain the interaction of abiotic and biotic factors within an ecosystem  (Life Science: Sustainability of Ecosystems)
  • Explain various ways in which natural populations are altered or kept in equilibrium (Life Science: Sustainability of Ecosystems)

Critical Thinking

  • Analyze the increasing complexity of the Phyla Porifera, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Arthropoda (Animal Biology)
  • Analyze how the increasing complexity of animal phyla represents an evolutionary continuum (Animal Biology)
  • Assess the potential impacts of bioaccumulation (Life Science: Sustainability of Ecosystems)
  • Relate the complexity of the form and function of vertebrates to the evolutionary continuum of animals (Animal Biology)
  • Compare sexual  and  asexual  reproduction  in  terms  of  advantages  and  disadvantages (Life Science: Reproduction)
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