Paul, Sherry, Elena, and Mary (our docents) taught us so many things, but here are a few topics to get your child talking:
- whale fluke vs fish tail
- California gray whale migration between Alaska/Bering Sea and Baja California
- tide pool animals (see 2-page handout)
- parts of whale model
- kelp forest and tide pool models (in museum)
- newborn whale model vs 18-month old whale skeleton
- flippers or hands?
- baleen vs toothed
- what do CA gray whales eat?
- what do they do in Alaska?
- what do they do in Baja California?
- describe Tongva dwelling
- what did the Tongva eat?
- what did the Tongva trade?
- (on the hike) what plants did you taste?
- what animals did you see at the tide pools?
- what animals did you touch at the tide pools?