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'Pup's Supper/Le cena del cachorro'
Bilingual Book

Grade PreK-2, Age 5-7
Watch the playful world of sea otters come to life in this animated online story for beginning readers. You and your child can read the story together.
(Web Interactive and Print-and-Do, English/Español)

'Animal I Spy'

All ages
Print and play with our six colorful posters featuring the Kelp Forest, Rocky Shore, Sandy Beach, Coastal Wetlands, Deep Sea and Coral Reef.
(Print-and-Do)

Make a Tide Pool Game

Grade PreK-5, Age 4-10
Make a tide pool come to life in this popular online interactive.
(Web Interactive)

Animal Fact Cards and Games

Grade PreK-5, Age 4-10
Use our animal fact cards to play Critter Concentration, Critter Go Fish or Guess Who. Make your own field guide and bring the cards with you on your next visit to the aquarium.
(Print-and-Do, English/Español)

Crunch, Nibble, Gulp, Bite

Grade PreK-5, Age 4-10
Play this online game to find out "who likes to eat what for lunch" in the coral reef.
(Web Interactive)

Is There Kelp in Your Cupboard?

Grade K-8, Age 5-13
Be a seaweed sleuth and find the kelp in your house or guess which everyday items have kelp in them and which ones don't. Play online or at home.
(Web Interactive and Print-and-Do)

Deep Sea Memory Game

Grade K-Adult, Age 5+
Challenge your friends to our online deep sea matching game—lowest score wins.
(Web Interactive)

Coloring Pages

Grade PreK-2, Age 4-7
Print coloring pages of your favorite animals like sea otters, sharks and jellies.
(Print-and-Do)

Sea Otter Interactive

Grade K-8, Age 5-13
How much do sea otters eat? How do they keep warm? What does it take to raise a sea otter pup? Find out!
(Web Interactive)

Sea Otter Lunch Bag Puppet

Grade PreK-3, Age 4-9
Make a sea otter puppet of your very own, then act out a story with your new otter friend.
(Print-and-Do, English/Español)

Shark School of Art

Grade 3-12, Age 8-18
Learn some tips on how to draw sharks and create your own cartoons and comics.
(Print-and-Do)

Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Grade K+, Age 5+
Challenge a decorator crab or cock-eyed squid to online tic-tac-toe.
(Web Interactive)

Decorate a Shark Mask

Grade PreK-5, Age 4-10
Pacific Northwest artists carve wooden masks for dancers to wear during ceremonies. Make your own shark mask!
(Print-and-Do)

Penguin Headband

Grade PreK-2, Ages 4-8
Create your own penguin headband and have a penguin party.
(Print-and-Do)

Create a Shark Totem Pole

Grade PreK-5, Age 4-10
Totem poles tell stories about people or families and their relationship to animals. Can you find the shark on this pole?
(Print-and-Do)

Bird Bingo

Grade K-6, Age 5-11
Have fun and learn more about birds—play our bird bingo activity when you visit the aquarium or at home.
(Print-and-Do)

Make a Shark Headdress

Grade PreK-5, Age 4-10
West Africans hold celebrations to honor sharklike spirits. The dancers wear wooden headdresses that look like a shark. Make one of your own!
(Print-and-Do)

Kelp Crossword

Grade 4-8, Age 9-13
Challenge yourself with this crossword puzzle to see what you know about the kelp forest.
(Print-and-Do)

Make an Aquascope to Explore Tide Pool Life

All Ages
Visiting the rocky shore offers an exciting look at ocean plants and animals in the place they call home. Using a homemade aquascope, you can watch tide pool life right where it is and leave the animals in their tide pool homes.
(Print-and-Do)

Ray Hide and Seek

Grade preK-4, Age 4-9
River rays blend into the bottom of the Amazon River with their variety of camouflage patterns. Can you find a good hiding place for these rays?
(Print-and-Do)

Lanternfish Sticks

Grade K-4, Age 5-9

Make your own glow-in-the-dark fish. Then have a fishstick party!
(Print-and-Do)

Be a Sea Searcher

Grade K-3, Age 5-8
Sharpen your observation skills! Search for numbers, letters and patterns in the aquarium and at home.
(Print-and-Do)

Dive into the Deep

Grade 4-12, Age 9-18
Create an undersea scene and discover what a submersible sees as it dives deep in Monterey Canyon.
(Print-and-Do)

Explore the Kelp Forest

Grade 3-12, Age 8-18
Discover who lives where in this kelp forest interactive. Where's the sheephead? Find a horn shark!
(Web Interactive)

Splash Zone Music (Audio)

Sing along and play to our Splash Zone music—singable sea songs just for kids by award-winning musician Linda Arnold!

'Virtual Dive into Monterey Canyon' Interactive

Grade 4-12, Age 9-18
Take a trip into the deep sea of Monterey Bay and explore three distinctive habitats—canyon walls, midwater and seafloor.
(Web Interactive)

'Hold On or Go With The Flow' (lyrics & audio)

Listen and sing along to this song about how animals survive in the rough and tumble world of the rocky shore.

'I'm a Sea Star' (lyrics & audio)

Listen and sing along to this fun song about hungry sea stars and what they eat.
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