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Students participating in this year's Ocean Adventure made and painted "Clay Fish." Students rolled out, textured, and formed their fish, then the fish were "fired," or baked in a kiln oven. Students then painted their fish with brilliant colors! |
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After downloading ocean creature photos from the Internet, students created a journal and a flyer by using Photoshop, MS Word, and InDesign. |
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Students read the adventure of a young girl who falls overboard while on a whale watch excursion and suddenly finds herself turned into a humpback whale. |
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This awe-inspiring documentary film by Jean-Michal Cousteau took students from the dazzling coral reefs of the Bahamas to the warm depths of the waters in the exotic kingdom of Tonga for a close encounter with the surviving tribes of the ocean. |
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Students used stencils in the shapes of ocean creatures and special paint to decorate their individual t-thirt project. |
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By using large tubs of water, students used air-filled balloons to learn the deeper the water the greater the water pressure, and the deeper the water, the colder it becomes. |
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The first day of their ocean excursion, Ocean Adventures students adopted "Colt," a male humpback whale. Colt's adoption is for one year. |
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Whale Center staff saw Colt in early 2008 feeding on Stellwagen Bank in the New England area with humpbacks Pepper, Putter, and Echo and her 2008 calf. |
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Born in 1981, this male has a well deserved reputation as a whale that is very curious about boats! Colt is recognized by the distinctive white markings under his fluke (tail fins). |
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Students made a life-size graph by cutting strips of paper tape to measure then compare themselves to the lengths of different types of whales & dolphins. |
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How does a fish see?By holding two small mirrors at a 90 degree angle in front of their nose, each student saw what a fish sees with its eyes on the sides of its head. |
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Sachiko Kawakubo, teacher of Japanese at CHS, taught students how to make a fish using the ancient art of paper folding. |
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Students were able to taste a few Japanese food treats, including a tiny sugar-coated fish with slivered almonds. |
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To simulate the baleen plates whales use to eat krill and small fish, students dragged a comb and toothbrush through a container of water mixed with pepper and sesame seeds. |
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Simulating blubber using a plastic bag of shortening and using a plastic liner to protect their hands, students stuck their hands inside a tub of ice water and didn't feel the cold. |
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Each day, students worked on crafts, from making clay fish to balloon jellyfish and sand castings. |
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We wish to thank all those who helped make this year’s Ocean Adventures a success!Teachers: Kathy Rose, Joy Ingerman,
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