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Programs for Teachers

Grades 9-12

Instructor-Led Program

Our engaging instructor-led programs provide focused learning opportunities where students can ask questions, collaborate and problem solve with the guidance of our Georgia Aquarium Educators.

Please see below for information and details on our Grade 9-12 Instructor-Led Programs:

  • Oceanic Occupations
  • Animal Veterinary Care
  • Animal Behaviors
  • Alien Extremes

Oceanic Occupations

Description:

Students will explore a variety of career pathways one can follow here at Georgia Aquarium. Dive deep beneath the waves and explore how animal care specialists, chemists, engineers, nutritionists and many other important positions work to keep the Aquarium afloat!

Georgia Standards of Excellence/ CTAE 

  • SZ5. Students will evaluate the relationships between humans and other animals.
  • SSPFL4. Evaluate alternatives for life after high school, including college, technical school, internships, working, military, taking a “gap year”, traveling, or other options.

Next Generation Science Standards

  • HS-ETS1 Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.

Animal Veterinary Care

Description:

Students will explore a career path in the Veterinary Sciences by examining how Georgia Aquarium treats and cares for its animals through observing animals in their habitat and viewing the Aquarium’s in-house surgical suite. Students will also learn to associate the importance of a quality nutrition plan with excellent animal health.

Georgia Standards of Excellence/CTAE

  • AFNR-VS-8.3. Critique the various regions of an animal’s body and the signs of illness that may be present.
  • AFNR-VS-11.3. Analyze animal nutrition required to maintain a healthy animal.

Next Generation Science Standards 

  • HS-LS2-8. Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.

Animal Behaviors

In order to properly care for animals in an aquarium or zoo, animal care staff must understand what animals need and how they behave. Students will discover how training and enrichment techniques, influenced by psychology, support animal care and management!

Georgia Standards of Excellence/ CTAE 

  • SSPFR2 Explain the research methods and the types of statistics used in the field of psychology.
  • SZ5. Students will evaluate the relationships between humans and other animals.

Next Generation Science Standards:

HS-LS2-8 Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.

Alien Extremes

The world is filled with strange and mysterious organisms known as extremophiles, but our planet may not be the only place to harbor such fascinating life forms. Join us as we uncover the mysteries of some of Earth’s most intriguing organisms and learn why scientists think our planet may not be the only one they call home.

Georgia Standards of Excellence/CTAE:

  • SAST6. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to discuss how the past, current, and future explorations of space impact our investigations of the connections between cosmic phenomena and conditions necessary for life.
  • SB5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to assess the interdependence of all organisms on one another and their environment
  • SMI7. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to analyze the impact of microorganisms in the environment and their uses in biotechnology, agriculture, and industry.

Next Generation Science Standards:

  • HS-LS4-4. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
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