Grade Level 6 - 8
Lunch & Learn Program:
Biodiversity
Students watch a short video about the biodiversity of life while they eat, discuss the different levels of biodiversity and play a challenging game.
Classroom Program:
Plankton Power
The largest whales in the ocean and the smallest mussels in a river both depend on plankton as a food source. Students work in teams to create their own plankton as they participate in the Great Phytoplankton Race.
Auditorium Program:
Aquarium Jeopardy Test your knowledge about animals and habitats exhibited at the Tennessee Aquarium as well as some environmental threats to their survival through this fun, interactive game.
Critter Close-up
Students meet a variety of reptiles and amphibians, learn about the different habitats they live in, their roles in the environment and the unique adaptations which help them survive.