FREE Aquarium Resources, Printables, Visit Tips, & More!

Aquariums can be amazing field trip experiences for all ages. There are so many ways you can incorporate aquarium trips into your homeschool lessons, and so many fun activities to make use of! Celebrate the world of aquariums and their wildlife with these FREE Aquarium Month Resources, Printables, Visit Tips, & More!

Aquarium Trip Tips

Research the layout

Before you head to the aquarium, check out the layout of the building, so that you can make sure to check all of the exhibits. And, you can plan your stay and any information you want to focus you can make your first priority.

Check out any of the aquarium’s activities

Many times, aquariums will have specialized exhibits and activities that are perfect for homeschoolers and school field trips. Take a look before you go so you can focus on whatever you’re learning at the time.

Create an activity to use during the trip

To keep your child focused and motivated during the field trip, design an activity that they can take with them and use during their tour. It could be a checklist or a notebooking page to collect certain information. It’s up to you! But you want to make sure the activity is effective, related to what you’re doing, and connected to the final extension activity.

Create an extension activity

Aquariums and field trips are meant to be a lot of fun! You want your child to enjoy themselves. But you also want it to be an educational trip, and you want them to have learned something new that they can take with them. A great way to do this is to finish off the trip with an extension activity.

An extension activity helps to solidify information that was learned during a unit or other activity. With an aquarium field trip, a good extension activity could be a research project on a certain species, a report, or even something like a journal entry about the trip’s events. You could even work together with your child to build your own aquarium at home!

Aquarium trip printables

Aquarium Trip Animals and Environment Match – Teachers Pay Teachers

Aquarium Trip Report Printable – Teachers Pay Teachers

Educator Resources – National Aquarium

75-Page Aquarium Notebooking Pages Set – FHD

Ocean Literacy – Teacher’s Education Pack – National Aquarium

Aquarium Trip, A Checklist Form – Teachers Pay Teachers

Themed printables

Aquarium Study with Printables

Subtraction Aquarium Fish Folder Game

All About Fish Resources and Printables

Shark Games

Fish Matching Shape Cards

Ocean Fish Rounding Activity

Fish Phonics Activity

Goldfish Subtraction Game

Ocean-Themed Gross Motor Dice

Red Fish Blue Fish Playdough Mats

Skip Counting Fish (by 1-12)

Fishbowl Counting Mats + Ten Frames

Fish Science Printables

Related websites

Find a Zoo or Aquarium – Association of Zoos & Aquariums

How to Celebrate Zoo and Aquarium Month this June – Busy Teacher

Happy Oceans Month – National Aquarium

It’s a Zoo Out There! – Education World

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