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Published 08/06/09
Oregon Coast Aquarium Joins Shark Week
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| Oregon Coast Aquarium's shark-infested fun. |
(Newport, Oregon) – Newport's Oregon Coast Aquarium teams up with the Discovery Channel this week to celebrate Shark Week with a bundle of events that look into the fascinating world of these daunting denizens of the deep.
Already underway, the Shark Week goes from August 2 to August 8, spotlighting sharks as important members of their ocean habitats, unlike the man-eating monsters portrayed in the movies. Sharks live in oceans around the globe—from warm shallows to the cold, deep sea and even fresh water lakes. All of the sharks exhibited at the Oregon Coast Aquarium are species native to Oregon’s coastal waters. Visitors will meet the sharks from Oregon’s coast in the weeklong glimpse into the world of sharks.
During Shark Week, the Discovery Channel will offer a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to facts on sharks. Sharks and their ancestors have presided over the seas for nearly 400 million years, but in the wild today, shark populations are suffering from human activity. Through habitat destruction and overfishing, humans have become more dangerous to sharks than they are to us. Sharks have been depicted as man-eaters and killers for centuries. The reality is that of the more than 350 species, only a handful pose any threat to humans.
Shark Week Schedule of Activities:
Wednesday, August 5
10 am - 5 pm – Gleason Room – Shark Station – Investigate the world of the shark. Feel real shark skin and touch shark teeth. Take home a shark craft.
2 - 2:45 pm – Entrance Courtyard to Passages of the Deep – Shark
Dissection. See one of nature’s coolest creatures from the inside out. Learn all about the anatomy of the shark during this hands-on dissection.
Thursday, August 6
10 am - 5 pm – Gleason Room – Shark Station. Investigate the world of the shark. Feel real shark skin and touch shark teeth. Take home a shark craft
11 -11:15 am – Gleason Room – Dive Interpretive Presentation Open Sea.
11:30 am - 12:15 pm – Theater – Presentation “Sharks – Myths and Misconceptions”
1 - 1:15 pm – Gleason Room – Dive Interpretive Presentation Open Sea.
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| Kidlets digging deep into aquarium fun. |
Friday, August 7
10 am - 5 pm – Gleason Room – Shark Station – Investigate the world of the shark. Feel real shark skin and touch shark teeth. Take home a shark craft.
2 - 2:45 pm – Entrance Courtyard to Passages of the Deep – Shark Dissection. See one of nature’s coolest creatures from the inside out. Learn all about the anatomy of the shark during this hands-on dissection.
Saturday, August 8
10 am - 5:00 pm – Gleason Room – Shark Station – Investigate the world of the shark. Feel real shark skin and touch shark teeth. Take home a shark craft.
11 am - 2:30 pm – Gleason Room – Face Painting.
11 - 11:15 am – Gleason Room – Dive Interpretive Presentation Open Sea.
11:45 am - Noon – Gleason Room – Dive Interpretive Presentation Open Sea.
1 - 1:15 pm – Gleason Room – Dive Interpretive Presentation Open Sea.
1:45 - 2:00 pm – Gleason Room – Dive Interpretive Presentation Open Sea.
Raffle for gift basket of shark items (winner to be announced at the end of the week)
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| The sharks are watching..... |
Other Summer Camp Events at Oregon Coast Aquarium
August 10 – 14. Oceanology, Grades 5 – 6. Discover what’s happening at the Aquarium and local estuaries while learning all about the ocean’s many habitats. Campers will get their hands dirty and feet wet trekking through the mud collecting creatures and investigating animals in the Aquarium.
August 17-21. Youth Adventure Travel Camp, Grades 4 - 6 . Explore the Oregon coast in search of predator-prey relationships. Tidepools, sandy beach, estuary, forest and the open ocean (by boat) are just a few ecosystems visited.
August 17 – 21. Oceans of Fun, Ages 4 & 5. The ocean is filled with some of the tiniest to the most enormous animals on this planet. Find out how humans size up to critters while exploring the aquarium, singing songs, playing games and making aquatic works of art.
August 21. Sea Squirts: Winged Wonders, 2 &3 yr. olds with parents. This class will explore the winged world of the Oregon coast through songs, games, crafts, and Aquarium visits.
August 24 – 28. Water Worlds, Grades 1 and 2. Through hands-on investigation, outdoor exploration, games, art, and animal encounters, campers will learn to compare animals on land to the animals of the sea.
August 24 – 28. Aquarium Internship Camp, Grades 10 – 12. Learn how to give a dental exam to a 500-pound California sea lion or to feed a five foot shark. Campers will go behind the scenes at the Aquarium and discover if they have what it takes to work with animals at an aquarium.
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