Feeding Hatfield Visitor Center's Giant Pacific Octopus: It's dinner time. Watch Renee Fowler as she feeds the Visitor Center Giant Pacific octopus. She also shares facts and interesting tidbits about our eight-legged resident.
Giant Pacific Octopus Paints: Watch this video of the GPO painting and learn how aquarists made it work. Get inspired to paint, draw, or color your own creation and share your art on the Community Art Wall by April 18.
Ages: Grades K-12 (adult supervision required for younger children)
Description: Investigate design and density in this experiment. Does a boat’s shape affect the amount of weight and cargo it can hold? Grab a few household items such as aluminum foil, pennies, washers, and a container of water to find out. View activity instructions (pdf) and have fun!
Learn More: Are you interested in learning more about ship engineering and construction? OSU is part of the Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) Project. This program is leading the design and construction of the next class of ocean-going research vessels for the National Science Foundation.
Watch the “RCRV - Part 1” outreach video summarizing the project
Watch Kristin Beem’s “Building Ships for Science” presentation. Kristin is a marine science systems engineer working on the RCRV Project (Intended audience: ages 8 and up).
Track the construction of the RCRV Taani via these webcams:
Ages: All
Description: Take a closer look at barnacles feeding, rocky shore crustaceans, sea anemones, and more via our wet lab web camera recordings! Grab some colored pencils, crayons, makers, or other media and consider sketching what you see on the screen. You are encouraged to take a photo of your creation and share it on our Community Art Gallery which will remain open to post your creations until April 18.
Ages: Grades 6-12
Description: Did you tune into Dr. Taylor Chapple’s shark talk on the Main Stage (Saturday, April 10 @ 1:30 PM)? Are you interested in studying sharks as a career? Watch Dr. Chapple’s Careers in Science Webinar from April of 2020 and learn about the steps he took to get to where he is today. [Note: begin video at minute 23:30]
We also have several marine mammal-focused career webinars on Oregon Sea Grant’s Career Day website. Be sure to check them out! There are 15+ hours of previously recorded Careers in Science Webinar content for all budding marine scientists to enjoy.
Sign-up for future Careers in Science Webinars - see Oregon Sea Grant’s Career Day website for details and registration information.
Ages: All
Description: Looking for a fun and physically distant way to get outdoors with your family or friends? Be sure to check out the Oregon Coast Quests! Quests are fun, free-choice learning adventures that use clues and hints to encourage participants to discover the natural, cultural and historical "treasures" of place and community.