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Games and Activities
Island Paradise
Tell the teens about Cocos Island, 300 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, which is
legendary for its natural and man-made treasures. Michael Crichton wrote "Jurassic Park"
with it in mind and Robert Louis Stevenson might have based "Treasure Island" on it. It
is also the inspiration for the island on which King Kong was found. For the legends and
lore of the Cocos Island, visit Nova’s The Island of the Sharks web site at
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/island/legends.html. Let the teens explore the Cocos
Island on the PBS web site at www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/island/explore.html. Show
a clip from Jurassic Park or King Kong if you have public performance rights.
Scavenger Hunt
Create a whale scavenger hunt using the book Internet Scavenger Hunts for the Topics
You Teach by Karen Leiviska. You can also use websites with scavenger hunts that have
already been developed. Try Scavenger Hunts for Kids,
www.vickiblackwell.com/hunts.html or Ocean Scavenger Hunt at
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntoceansmr1.html. Give incentives to those who
complete the scavenger hunt the fastest. Teens can either work as individuals or as a
group.
Guest Speakers
Invite someone from a local aquarium to come and speak about various creatures that live
underwater, especially the scary ones. You might also invite a marine biologist from a
local college or a high school biology teacher.
Videos/DVDs/Films
If you have public performance rights, show these videos and DVDs, or segments of
them, to the teens. Otherwise, display them for home use.
Jurassic Park. (127 minutes)
King Kong. (188 minutes)
Shark Attack! (56 minutes)
White Shark/Red Triangle. (120 minutes)
Web Sites
Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
www.flmnh.ufl.edu
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