Ripley’s AquariumsĮxplore Ripley’s Aquariums at home and learn all about the amazing animals of our world waters! Staff educators will guide you through live feedings, educational encounters, storytime, and much more. Discover all of the complex habitats South Carolina has to offer and the fascinating animals that call it home. Looking for some STEM-based activities to enhance learning (and beat boredom)? The award-winning education team at the South Carolina Aquarium offers virtual visits and nature challenges that are fun for the whole family! Become a digital explorer. This is a fantastic resource for learning more about animals, their habitats, and our beautiful planet. This YouTube channel is filled with fun lessons in biology (don’t miss the beluga sonogram!), environmental facts, and adorable videos. The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago goes above and beyond to give kids a behind-the-scenes look at aquatic life. Take a virtual field trip over to the nation’s capital for this adventure! Located in Washington, D.C., you can navigate the National Aquarium online through a View Map and explore scenes such as Alligators, Sea Turtles, Channel Islands, American Samoa, and even the Amazon River! And, be sure to check out the virtual aquarium’s narrated feedings (check the website for details)! National Aquarium There are many views to enjoy including the Open Sea Cam, Monterey Bay Cam, and even a Shark Cam. You might not live in California, but you can still enjoy much of what the Monterey Bay Aquarium has to offer. This vibrant virtual aquarium offers a variety of live views including the Indo-Pacific Barrier Reef Webcam, Ocean Voyager Webcam, Jelly Webcam, and more! Monterey Bay Aquarium You’ll be absolutely captivated by the Georgia Aquarium which is based in Atlanta. Unlike some of the virtual aquariums on this list, this one requires advance reservations, so be sure to plan ahead! Georgia Aquarium Thumbs up, it was refreshing not to have to keep paying for items or waiting to earn them, I really enjoy your app.The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut has put some of their most popular programs online for kids to enjoy from anywhere! With specific content based on grade level-from Kindergarten through 12th Grade-this is a fantastic resource, especially for distance learning. Overall the pros out weighed the bad points, especially with free unlimited reign when creating the marine screen. You can look at your creation, but touching can make it a mess. Here are the glitches, why it's only four stars, there are no true instructions, the decor is very sensitive to being moved when setting it up and even after it's all finished, you can't touch any part of the decorations or they will still get moved. Last tip, if it's played off line, there are no annoying ads. I learned this the hard way, lost my set up, there are no instructions. If you shift to freshwater you can get back your marine tank by tapping the marine setup, tap NEW SETUP, the next screen will prompt you to either do a new marine set up or LOAD, tap load and you should get back your previous marine tank. When your done with your masterpiece, tap the top left hand corner for HOME to keep your decor. The items scroll down from the right side of the screen so if you decorate right side first, all you will be doing is dragging your setup all over the place. Word of advice, start at the background and work forward, left side first, then the right, because if you're layering, and you touch an already placed item, it will move. Items can be placed anywhere, kind of like a drag and drop, and layered on top of each other any way you want. you don't have to buy any of the decor, earn pearls or coins, wait days to get items, it's all there and there's no limit to what you use. You can decorate with a good selection of items, rocks, sea grass, anemones. It's only a sand bottom and sunlit water. You only get one, and again, it's not "realistic". Now to the part that caught my attention, the open marine environment. The freshwater tank you can only add fish, not a big variety, the decorations can't be altered. The manta rays motion was off, but the fish swimming was pretty good for animated. Fish aren't "realistic" looking, in other words, this isn't one of those apps that you can swear they're almost lifelike, but they are very colorful and eye catching. The two set ups are a freshwater tank and an open marine environment. I have a lot of fish apps that I can add fish and decorations to the tank, even have multiple tanks in one app, but this app was a nice surprise.
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