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COVID 19 Things You Can Do to Connect Kids to the Ocean

April 10, 2020April 9, 2020 laura

#6 Let’s Get Real About Sharks When the movie Jaws was released in 1975 it unlocked a mass hysteria towards sharks. While the now deceased author of Jaws Peter Benchley later stated he regretted the negative impact his book and movie had on sharks, the genre of shark horror lives on. Benchley, however, spent the rest […] Read More

COVID 19 Things You Can Do to Connect Kids to the Ocean

April 3, 2020April 10, 2020 laura

#3 Kelp is Kool Sea otters, while well known for their cuteness, also play an important role in ocean ecosystems. In kelp forests sea otters are considered a keystone species—a species that the rest of the species in an ecosystem rely […] Read More

COVID 19 Things You Can Do to Connect Kids to the Ocean

March 30, 2020March 29, 2020 laura

1: Jellyfish Jamboree by Arcadia Davies Jellyfish are beautiful to look at—the way they glide through the water resembles the popular lava lamps of the 1960s and 70s. But, like all organisms in the ocean, jellyfish are important for more than just […] Read More