Lesson 2 – Aquarium Site Visits Recorded with A Digital Camera: (Three Sessions)

 

Objectives:

  1. To have students visit local aquariums to observe live ocean animals in captivity.

  2. To have students learn to use the digital camera.

 

Materials:

·        Brochures, pamphlets introducing local aquariums.

·        Digital Camera(s).

·        Computer(s) with Internet access.

 

Procedures:

Session 1 – Preparation for a visit to the aquarium

A.     Introduction of the Aquarium

·        Introduce the aquarium as a place where sea-life/ocean animals can be found and where rescued animals are rehabilitated to be returned to their natural environment, the ocean.

·        Discuss and make a list of what we expect to see in the aquarium.

·        Discuss what we would like to know and what questions to ask when we visit the aquarium.

 

  1. Introduce the digital camera

·        Explain how a digital camera is different from a conventional camera and how to use it.

·        Demonstrate how to download pictures from the digital camera onto the computer.

·        Allow students to take digital pictures in the class.

 

Session 2 – A trip to the aquarium

·        Bring questions to ask the aquarium guide/host.

·        Have students record the answers using pen & paper and/or using a tape recorder.

·        Have students take digital pictures of sea-life animals at the aquarium.

 

 

Session 3 – Post-trip reflection and recording

·        Review and discuss the answers we received from the aquarium host.

·        Review and discuss what students learned from the site visit experience.

·        Project on the big screen digital pictures taken at the aquarium using a projector during the discussion.

·        Let students download digital pictures onto folders and/or diskettes for future use in the study. (Allow students to complete this task at after-school hours if necessary.)

 

Competency/Evaluation:

·        Students will have first-hand live images of many sea animals.

·        Students will have obtained and recorded some information regarding sea animals from marine experts in the aquarium.

·        Students will have the basic skills to use a digital camera.

·    Students will have the basic skills to download digital pictures onto the computer.