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What special features of starfish can you discover by: looking at a starfish in the touch pool? Touching a starfish in the touch pool? Reading about starfish on our signs?
As you explore AQWA, have a look out for a sea creature with these features! Did you find more than one animal with the same feature?
The animals in our 'mysterious creatures' section have some very special features and don't necessarily look anything like their relatives!
As you explore our Perth Coast exhibit area find a matching sea creature for each group of invertebrates. Draw a picture, then write your favourite fact in the area provided.
Our Perth Coast exhibit area is the realm of the invertebrates. Delve deeper into the features of jellyfish and corals with this activity.
Explore our rock pool and discover how these creatures protect themselves from crashing waves using different features.
Read our turtle pool signage to list 5 adaptations that enable turtles to dive, then classify these as structural or physiological.
Identify adaptations from our texts, decide its category, then explain how it helps the sea creature defend itself.
Identify an adaptation from our texts, decide its category, then explain how it helps the sea creature capture its food.
Record field notes about the features and behaviours of our sharks and rays.
90% of the marine life found in southern Western Australia is found nowhere else on earth - meet some of these sea creatures and discover their unique features in this excursion exercise.
As you explore AQWA write down the additional role or special function of certain animals' organs.