Aquarium Explorer
About 60 minutes, indoors, for ages 8 to 10.
Where it works
Works in any indoor space
Who it's for
ages 8 to 10
Try this adventure now:
- a fish with stripes
- a fish that is one solid color
- something that does not look like a fish at all
- an animal with no bones, like a jellyfish or octopus
- the biggest tank in the building
- an animal moving very fast
- an animal staying very still
Today's Challenge
- 1.Which tank could you watch forever?
- 2.What surprised you the most?
- 3.Which animal would be hardest to draw?
Quick Start: What you need
- 1pencil
The Goal
An observation game built for any aquarium, whatever is swimming in the tanks.
How to start
- 1
Gather what you need: pencil. Nothing else required.
- 2
Head indoors and see how many you can find: a fish with stripes, a fish that is one solid color, something that does not look like a fish at all, an animal with no bones, like a jellyfish or octopus.
- 3
Talk about what you are seeing. Start with "Which tank could you watch forever?"
- 4
Print the worksheet to check things off as you find them, and keep it afterwards.
Draw Your Favorite Tank
Draw what was inside your favorite tank below.
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
If you want to push it further
- Find an animal that changes color
- Count how many different tanks you visited
Print it and go
The worksheet has the checklist, the prompts, and a space to draw in. One page, ready for a bag or a glovebox.