Go Outside and …

• Investigate your own water ecosystem. Choose an ocean, river, lake or stream.
• Research which species live in your ecosystem by using local book guides.
• Study your water ecosystem by drawing a food web.
• Look at how the predator and prey relationships in your ecosystem are affected by local human activities in your community.

Read …

• Sharks, by Gail Gibbon, a great children's book that's fun for all ages.
• Color and illustrate your own comic book shark adventure story that uses the different shark species.
• Be creative -- include hobbies, family life, leisure activities and dialogue with other sea creatures.
• Make your own shark trading cards. Create a "Guess Who I Am" description about a specific shark that you have read about. Include information on where it lives, what it eats, what color/shape it is, whether it's predator or prey, and how it reproduces. When done, you can trade cards with a partner and each of you can try to guess which shark is described on the other's card.

Visit …

• A local dive shop
• Look at all the different types of equipment and body gear that is needed for dives in the ocean.
• Interview the owner or sales people about diving. Ask them how they became interested in diving.
• See if they have any information about local community groups that dive together.

• An ocean education center located in your area or online
• Find out about community events that are happening in your area. Sign up to be on the center's mailing list so you can get free information every month.

• A local fish market
• Find out what kinds of fish they sell and how they get their fish.
• Are their fish harvested in a sustainable manner? Does the market use the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch guide?

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• Earth Day events.
• An ocean club, or create one at your school or community center.
• A young divers group in your community or online and become friends with other young divers.