Animal Fact Cards & Games
Grades: PreK-5, Ages: 4-10
Use our animal fact cards to play Critter Concentration, Critter Go Fish or Guess Who. Make your own field guide and bring the cards with you on your next visit to the aquarium.
(Print-and-Do, English / Español)
Bird Bingo
Grades: K-6, Ages: 5-11
Have fun and learn more about birds—play our bird bingo activity when you visit the aquarium or at home.
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Be a Sea Searcher
Grades: K-3, Ages: 5-8
Sharpen your observation skills! Search for numbers, letters and patterns in the aquarium and at home.
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Coloring Pages
Grades: PreK-2, Ages: 4-7
Print coloring pages of your favorite animals like sea otters, sharks and jellies.
(Print-and-Do, English / Español)
Create a Shark Totem Pole
Grades: PreK-5, Ages: 4-10
Create a Shark Totem PoleTotem poles tell stories about people or families and their relationship to animals. Can you find the shark on this pole?
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Decorate a Shark Mask
Grades: PreK-5, Ages: 4-10
Pacific Northwest artists carve wooden masks for dancers to wear during ceremonies. Make your own shark mask!
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Dive into the Deep
Grades: 4-12, Ages: 9-18
Create an undersea scene and discover what a submersible sees as it dives deep in Monterey Canyon.
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Habitat Posters
Ages: All
Print and play with our six colorful posters featuring the Kelp Forest, Rocky Shore, Sandy Beach, Coastal Wetlands, Deep Sea and Coral Reef.
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Kelp Crossword
Grades: 4-8, Ages: 9-13
Challenge yourself with this crossword puzzle to see what you know about the kelp forest.
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Lanternfish Sticks
Grades: K-4, Ages: 5-9
Make your own glow-in-the-dark fish. Then have a fishstick party!
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Make a Shark Headdress
Grades: PreK-5, Ages: 4-10
West Africans hold celebrations to honor sharklike spirits. The dancers wear wooden headdresses that look like a shark. Make one of your own!
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Make an Aquascope to Explore Tide Pool Life
Ages: All
Visiting the rocky shore offers an exciting look at ocean plants and animals in the place they call home. Using a homemade aquascope, you can watch tide pool life right where it is and leave the animals in their tide pool homes.
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Marine Missions
Grades: PreK-2, Ages: 4-7
Create your own deep-sea jelly, color ocean currents and learn some new ocean songs using this National Geographic Kids activity packet.
(Print-and-Do, English / Español)
Penguin Headband
Grades: PreK-2, Ages: 4-8
Create your own penguin headband and have a penguin party.
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Ray Hide & Seek
Grades: PreK-4, Ages: 4-9
River rays blend into the bottom of the Amazon River with their variety of camouflage patterns. Can you find a good hiding place for these rays?
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Sea Otter Lunch Bag Puppet
Grades: PreK-3, Ages: 4-9
Make a sea otter puppet of your very own, then act out a story with your new otter friend.
(Print-and-Do, English / Español)
Shark School of Art
Grades: 3-12, Ages: 8-18
Learn some tips on how to draw sharks and create your own cartoons and comics.
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