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Nassau County’s gifted elementary school students and teacher Tracy Cruce visit Marineland Nov. 18. The students visited with marine life up close during the field trip and learned about ocean pollution.
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Elementary gifted students visit Marineland Nov. 18.
The students are learning about the ocean, marine life and ocean conservation.
At the beginning of this unit, students received a message in a bottle from a family who was shipwrecked. Through this mock simulation, they researched clues as well as facts about ocean currents to locate the stranded family.
Students also learned about ocean pollution and how plastic trash is destroying marine life.
In correlation to the ocean study, gifted students visited Marineland and participated in an up close dolphin encounter, interacted with dolphin trainers, participated in a plastic voyage lesson to remove micro plastics from water, a mock stranding of a dolphin rescue and a behind the seas tour.
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