Critter Exploration: Living Fossils
Overview
Meet a horseshoe crab, investigate their life cycle and create a horseshoe crab model.
Highlights
Program Duration: 1.25 Hours
Trip Season: Sept-June
Student Limit: Up to 25
Science Standard: K-LS1-1, 1-LS3-1, 2-LS4-1
Trip Description
Horseshoe crabs have been on Earth as long as the dinosaurs! How have they been successful for so long? Students will find out as they touch a live horseshoe crab, make a horseshoe crab model to take home, and hear a story.
Labs taught at Project Oceanology take place over 2.5 hours so this program plus one additional lab of your choosing will be taught.
Labs taught at your location will take place during the school day. The timing will depend on the number of classes/sections in your grade level or course. One lab program is taught per visit.