Programs and Classes

• Family Programs
• Members-Only
• Meet the Animals
• Summer Programs

• Teen Programs
• Overnight Visits
• Community Outreach
• Aquarium Lecture Series

For Teachers

• Field Trips
• Classroom Resources
• School Programs
• Teacher Discounts and Benefits

• Teacher Resource Center
• Professional Development
• Connect with Other Teachers

Fun and Games

• Blogs, Webcams, Videos and More
• Fun Activity Ideas
• For Kids and Parents
• Online Games

Separate fact from fiction as students learn about different shark species. Participants will handle real shark jaws, look at skin samples and compare their senses to those of these mysterious creatures. Program can take place at the Aquarium or at your school or community center.

• Offered for grades 3-5
• Offered as a classroom program
• Offered as an Explorer Class for Aquarium field trips

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks (as a guideline)

• All levels: Skills of Inquiry, Data analysis, statistics and probability
• Grades 3-5: Characteristics of plants and animals, Adaptations of living things, Patterns, relations and algebra, Measurement
• Grades 6-12: Classification of organisms, Reproduction and heredity, Evolution and biodiversity, Living things and their environment, Changes in ecosystems over time, Ecology, Measurement