Mermaids Purses
Join Anna from Galway Atlantaquaria as she explorers Mermaids Purses. Anna will explain what they are, and how you can tell what type of shark or skate is inside. She will show you some of our baby sharks, while they are developing inside their egg, and what they look like when they are born at the aquarium.
You will also learn about the most common type of shark we get in Irish waters, the Lesser Spotter Dogfish, and see it swimming in our tanks.
Activity Sheets
Mermaids Purses Quiz
Mermaids Purses Trath na ceist
Tidal Phenomenal
Join Dylan from Galway Atlantaquaria as he explorers the tides. View the shore at low and high tide and investigate how the gravitational forces of the sun and moon affect the water on our planet.
Learn about how animals survive this harsh environment as you watch sand eels and green shore crabs burrow in the sand, and netted whelks immerse themselves as the tide goes out to protect themselves from their predators.
Activity Sheets
The Tidal Phenomenon – literacy
An fheinimeanach taoide literacy
Tidal phenomenon - create your own story
An fheiniméanach taoide - scríobh do scéal fein.
Animal Adaptations
Seashore
Join Anna from Galway Atlantaquaria as she visits the seashore. Investigate some of the animals that live on the shore, including Periwinkles, Hermit Crabs, Sea Anemones and much more.
Learn about where to find these creatures, how to tell them apart and how to conserve and protect the shore during your visit.
Activity Sheets
My Seashore video activity worksheet
Mo ghníomhaíochtaí físe cois farraige
