Habitats
We took a field trip to the Vancouver Aquarium this week which covered many more subjects than I would have expected.
We played a game of 'how many habitats can you see.' Kyler pointed out all of the BC coastal habitats that were around him. We also hypothesized what makes the African penguin more adaptable to the aquarium than a northern penguin. We looked at life in the Amazon and where it is on the map. We took a close look at how animals blend into their habitat and what is unique about where each of them live.
We had some Bible time after we listened to the shark talk. On the timeline below, the lady was telling us all about evolution. She mixed that up with a whole bunch of facts and interesting reproductive information. We spent time focused on what she said that was true and what was evolutionary fiction. We then talked about the truth of the Bible and thanked God for his amazing love of diversity.
We had many talks about our impact on the oceans and rivers and listened to 5 talks (seals, otters, penguins, sharks, dolphins) that included ways we can reduce our negative impact on the sea creatures, and how to help them out.
We even managed to fit some sound learning in there. There was a sound visualization machine that we could use to compare the sound waves made by the baluga whales with those made by humans, machines etc. We also listened to many different frog sounds and marveled at how God makes their croaks mimic other creatures and even human laughter.
There was a fantastic display of Arctic habitat. We spent a long time looking at all of the sea life, maps and the life for humans there.
It was an amazing day packed full of learning.
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