Octopus and Squid Craft

This year we are studying Apologia Swimming Creatures.

This week we were studying Octopus,Squid,Cuttlefish and Nautilus.

Below is our Octopus Craft which I got from :

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/eggcartoncrafts/ss/eggcartoctopus.htm

We used paper bags instead of felt and we painted them. That's what D Man is doing below.  I also had them paint the egg carton for the Octopus' face and googly eyes. They used pony beads for the tentacles.

We then had to let it all dry before putting it together which we left over night.

The drying Tentacles.

D Man with drawing of an octopus and then I had them write about Octopus'.

Here is the finished product

The underside of the Octopus

Ducky's drawing of an Octopus.

This is our Squid Craft that I got from:

http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2012/04/science-craft-toilet-paper-tube-squid.html

First you have to paint the toilet paper tube the color of a squid.

Then you curl the bottom of the toilet paper tube with a pencil or crayon.

Ducky is curling her Squid's bottom.

Put on your googly eyes and tentacles. And you have your finished product.

These came out so cute.

Fish Craft

My friend Nicole and I made this Fish Craft one day. This craft came from a Craft book that Nicole had, I can't remember the name of it. They came out so cute!!

We studied Fishes a few weeks ago. We are Apologia Swimming Creatures of the 5th Day. 

 Ducky's Fish. 

D Man's Fish. 

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

We didn't compete but we get to see D Man's and Ducky's favorite dolphin "Winter" from Dolphin Tale. 

This is the front entrance. 

This is "Winter"

Winter the dolphin with No tail.

Winters old tail. 

This was really cool, this one Stingray keep coming up to our children. The staff told us his name is Where's Waldo because he hids in the sand from people but he was very social that day with our children. The children named him "Teddy" because he was soft. 

D Man in front of the X-ray of Winter's tail. 

This whole section was dead sea creatures that you could touch and hold. 

D Man with Whelk casing. 

Ducky with a sponge. 

Ducky with a starfish that was not alive. It's not on her mouth, Nicole,lol.

D Man holding a shark jaw. 

Ducky holding  a Horseshoe Crab-not alive. 

Ducky holding a underside of a horseshoe crab. 

D Man and Daddy being silly. 

D Man is getting eaten by a shark. 

This was a prop that was in the movie "Dolphin Tale".  This scene was made just for the movie. 

D Man and Daddy can't take a break from gymnastics. 

Another Prop, this was the place where they had there slumber party. 

The Van in which they rescued "Winter".

Ducky with Dolphin and Turtle Display. 

I'm so thankful we home school and get to do all this fun stuff. 

This field trip was to go along with our Apologia Swimming Sea Creatures of the Fifth Day. 

Just another day of Sea Creature Fun!!!!

Ft. Lauderdale Museum

We had a great time at the Ft. Lauderdale.

They have a indoor boat ride which was pretty cool. This is the entrance to the ride.

D Man in front of some info about the Everglades. 

How your weight compares to the diet of a prehistoric animal. 

Ducky on the scale. 

They had a new exhibit there with the air boat section, prehistoric animals, and live otters. 

Ducky inside the shark mouth.

D Man in the sharks mouth.

Ducky in front of the tiger. 

Ducky in front of the Mammoth. 

Ducky in a compost pile. Gross

There was a tank and there was a man there that was talking to the kids about starfish and horseshoe crab. 

Ducky on the human hurricane. 

I don't know it is with our children but they love anything to do with hurricane's. I guess they don't remember the real ones.

D Man on the human hurricane, you pull your arms in and out to feel more or less force. 

Florida Oceanographic Center

We are studying Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day so this was one of our field trip. We are studying sharks and rays in January. It's great to be able to go on field trips and see what you are studying.

They have starfish.

Sea Urchins

Lobster

Ducky with the Octopus

This Octopus was so friendly. They are amazing creatures.

Our children got to feed the stingrays, which was the highlight of the day. 

D Man feeding the stingray.

The stinger of a Stingray.

The mouth of the Stingray.

They had a touch tank that looked like a big starfish. 

Ducky touching the starfish.

I have never seen these guys, they are sand fleas. They kids played with these forever. They thought they were the coolest thing.

Starfish Touch Tank

They had a Big Lagoon with fish, sharks, and rays.

Nurse Sharks