1. Shedd Aquarium By: Emily Hookom, Marissa Durling, and Kristy Legerski

2. Creekside Elementary – 3 rd Grade 5 classes 119 students November 8, 2011

3. Cost: $10 per student

4. Departing Creekside- 9:30 am Arriving at Shedd- 10:30 am 2 buses 119 students 1 bus- $35 mileage Hourly Total- $220 $255x2 buses= $510 $5 per student Buses park free on canal street

5. Groups: 8 students per group 1 chaperone in each group teachers and parents

6. Lunch: All students must bring sack lunches Shedd Aquarium Cafeteria Extra $1/student will be used to provide lunches to those who may have forgotten

7. Focus: Adaptation Body parts Movement Habitats Structure Function

8. Fish Files: Investigate characteristics of fishes through observation and experimentation in this hands-on class! $4 per student

9. Fish Files: Students investigate the characteristics of different fishes and use a magnifying lens for an even closer look at one of them. Using observation and data collection, students conduct experiments to discover why fishes look the way they do and how they are adapted to their surroundings.

10. Home to one-third of all living things Anacondas, piranhas, spiders, rays, crocodiles, tetras, turtles and tambaqui See how the region’s animals and plants adapt to the water’s dramatic annual rise and fall Additional Sites to See: Amazon Rising Waters of the World Caribbean Reef Green sea turtle, moray eel, regal rays, parrotfish and sharks 90,000-gallon circular habitat 80 habitats Big and small rivers Our local waters Coastal kelp forests to the seafloor Ecosystems of Islands and Lakes Giant octopus, blue iguanas, knife fish, moon jellies and sea stars

11. Learning Standards: 11.A.2b, 11.A.2c, 11.A.2d, 11.A.2e 12.B.2a, 12.B.2b

12. Departing the Shedd- 1:30pm Arriving back at Creekside- 2:30pm 1:15pm- All groups meet in lobby of Shedd 1:20pm- Start heading to the buses Leaving the Shedd:

13. Debrief: Class will discuss their favorite and least favorite part of the trip

14. Resources: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/p df/education/fish_files.pdf