:: Field Trip to the Kansas City Zoo: Penguin Cam :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilities

Our virtual field trip takes us next to the Kansas City Zoo. This zoo has been home to king penguins since 2013 in its Helzberg Penguin Plaza, but this is the first year they’ve had any hatchlings from eggs laid by their penguins! The exhibit contains more than 100,000 gallons…

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:: Field Trip to National Geographic’s Explorer Classroom to Learn About Grace Young, an Ocean Robotics Engineer :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilities

A newly named National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Grace spent the summer working with NASA’s Frontier Development Lab creating 3D models of asteroids. She earned her BSc in mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT and is currently a Marshall Scholar and PhD candidate with Oxford University’s Ocean Research & Conservation Group.…

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:: Field Trip to Learn About Why the Ocean Matters with National Geographic :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilities

Covering 72 percent of the Earth and supplying half its oxygen, the ocean is our planet’s life support system. With every breath we take, every drop we drink, we’re connected to the ocean. Our planet depends on the vitality of the ocean to support and sustain it. Check it out…

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:: Field Trip to learn about Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist & Inventor of the Aquarium :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilities

Jeanne Villepreux-Power, also called Jeannette Power or Givovanne Power, née Jeanne Villepreux, (born Sept. 25, 1794, Juillac, Limousin, France—died Jan. 26, 1871, Juillac), French-born naturalist best known as the inventor of the aquarium and for her research on the paper nautilus Argonauta argo, a cephalopod that resembles members of the…

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:: Field Trip with National Geographic and The Ocean :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilities

In this virtual field trip from National Geographic, dive into learning about what whale history and culture can teach us with Explorer Brian Skerry, how remotely operated vehicles give us an unprecedented view of seamounts in the Galápagos Islands with Explorer Salomé Buglass, and how eco-journalism inspires change with Young…

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:: Field Trip of Exploring the Last Pristine Seas with Google Earth :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilites

Meet Dr. Enric Sala and Pristine SeasDr. Sala grew up fascinated by the ocean and dreamed of joining Jacques Cousteau’s crew, but having been born too late for that, he settled on studying and teaching marine biology. After years in academia, he decided he could have a greater impact by…

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:: Field Trip to the Georgia Aquarium :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilites

Hop over to the website of the Georgia Aquarium to see their Ocean Voyager exhibit, which contains rays, whale sharks, green sea turtles and many other forms of aquatic life. While you’re there, be sure to check out their southern sea otters and California sea lions webcams. Check it out…

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:: Field Trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific :: #HAPLOceansofPossibilities

First on our virtual field trip: the Aquarium of the Pacific! The Tropical Reef Habitat is the largest exhibit (over 350,000 gallons of water!) at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California USA. It’s modeled after the reef system in the Blue Corner, one of the most famous…

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