SELF-STUDY AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM
Visit the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Walk all the exhibits and seek out
the invertebrates. It won’t be easy in some exhibits, so think and look
carefully. Record in your journal the following:
 Make a list of invertebrates found by exhibit. This may include
remains or traces of invertebrates as well as living specimens. There
is very little interpretive signage at the Aquarium, so identify as best
as possible or make drawings and descriptions. For those
invertebrates in the “Georgia Explorer” exhibit, you can use the
identification keys in the lab back at KSU.
 Make extensive notes and drawings on at least eight different
invertebrates at the Aquarium. Include such information as
behaviors, preference for subhabitats within the exhibit,
associations/interactions with other organisms, color, morphology, etc.
 In a synthesis, you should compare invertebrates (in terms of
morphology, behavior, coloration, etc.):
o among the exhibits (i.e. habitats) at the aquarium
o among those at the aquarium with those that were collected on
the Georgia coast by our class.
o among the communities in the exhibits with what you might
expect or know about these organisms in their natural
environment.
For the marine portion of the course, you must still include in the laboratory
section of your journal the observations made in lab of the specimens that
we bring back from the coast. Tape or glue you ticket from the aquarium in
your journal before turning it in.
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