VIRTUAL FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Sharks
Learn all about the Reserve’s 20-year shark monitoring program with videos, presentations and downloadable activity sheets.
Conservation
Discover the many ways the Reserve’s Stewardship team works to conserve and protect our 110,000 acres of land and water for future generations.
- Stewardship Video
- Exotic Plants in the Reserve
- Invasive Species Word Search Activity
- Prescribed Fire Video
- Prescribed Fire Worksheet
- Meet our Wildlife Presentation
- Pioneer Life Video
Water Quality
Take a deep dive into the Reserve’s Water Quality Monitoring Program and find out more about water in Southwest Florida.
- Importance of Water Quality Video
- Water Quality 101 Video
- Estuaries: Natures Water Filters
- Exploring Salinity Worksheet
- Water Quality Connections Worksheet
- Watershed Activity Worksheet
- World of Water Quality Worksheet
Plankton
Explore the Reserve’s microscopic world of plankton!
- Secret Life of Plankton Ted Talk
- Bill Nye the Science Guy Video
- Plankton Sampling Video
- Up Close Plankton Video
- Bill Nye the Science Guy Worksheet
- Plankton Journal Prompt Worksheet
- Plankton Dichotmous Key
- Jellyfish Coloring Sheet
- Zooplankton Coloring Sheet
- Plankton in the Reserve
Habitats
Learn about the Reserve’s variety of habitats including mangrove forests and oyster beds.
- Mangrove Presentation
- Oyster Bed Video
- Native Plants in the Reserve
- Seagrass Worksheet
- Backyard Observation Worksheet
- Oyster Maze Worksheet
- Oyster Anatomy Worksheet
Fish
Discover and learn how to identify the many different species of fish found in the Reserve.
- Virtual Trawl Video
- Virtual Trawl Worksheet
- Educational Trawl “Fresh Catch” Show and Tell Video
- Bony Fish Presentation
- Read-a-Fish Virtual Lab
- Read-a-Fish Worksheet
- Read-a-Fish Activity Sheet
- Yellowtail Snapper Coloring Sheet
- Story Time – Over in the Ocean
- Fish in the Reserve
Invertebrates
Learn more about the Reserve’s crabs, seastars, urchins, whelks and other invertebrates that reside in our shallow estuary waters.
- Estuary Encounter Video
- Invertebrate Presentation
- Whelk Coloring Sheet
- Seastar Connect the Dots
- Bivalve Coloring Sheet
- Crustacean Crossword
- Echinoderms Worksheet
- Invertebrates in the Reserve
Sea Turtles
Discover sea turtle monitoring from initial nesting activity to egg incubation to baby turtle hatchlings emerging from the nest and crawling to the sea.
- Sea Turtle Monitoring Video
- Sea Turtle Story Time – The Turtle and The Tree
- Turtle Types
- Sea Turtle Puzzle
- Sea Turtle Word Search
- Loggerhead Sea Turtles
- Sea Turtle Hatchlings
- Turtle Word Search
- Reptiles & Amphibians in the Reserve
Birds
Learn more about the Reserve’s fine feathered friends … some live here full-time and some visit only in the winter (just like people)!
- Birds of the Reserve Video
- Birds in the Reserve
- Pelican Info Sheet
- Shorebirds Info Sheet
- Cormorant Info Sheet
- Gulls, Terns and Skimmers Info Sheet
- Birds of the Estuary Word Search
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