The Teacher Resource Center provides teaching materials, books, posters, curriculum guides, theme-based kits and biofacts, all of which are available by loan. Our resources include:

  • Download the printable Schooling catalog with information on teaching resources and classroom programs.
  • Comprehensive and up-to-date hands-on inquiry and standards-based curricula, activities and
    lesson plans available for reference. (Photocopies can be made for a nominal fee.)
  • Circulating books including science non-fiction, juvenile fiction, published curricula and field guides.
  • Kits containing specimens, books, audiovisual materials and activities suitable for classroom
    learning. Includes topics such as whales, jellies, penguins, sharks, coral reefs, rain forests, tidepools, and many more.
  • On-line worksheets and activities specific to the Aquarium.
  • Consultations with experienced educators at the Teacher Resource Center.
  • Preparation for your Aquarium field trip, including teacher workshops
  • Hundreds of videos, audiocassettes and CD-ROMS available for loan at no charge. Videos can be previewed during an appointment at the TRC.
  • Items to borrow that let your students hear the ocean surf, try on a “blubber glove” to learn how whales keep warm, feel the sharp edge of a fossil shark tooth, or wear the shell of a sea turtle that once nested on a Caribbean beach. Includes colorful puppets and games.
  • From protected species, contraband items that were seized by the government such as whale bones, baleen, shells, corals and taxidermy mounts — that students may touch. (Borrowers are legally responsible for safe and timely return of items borrowed.)