We found another great place in Santa Barbara. It's called the Ty Warner Sea Center. It's a hands-on aquarium for kids. Wow! Such a cool place. There were so many different species of ocean life that the kids had the chance to interact with. They loved every minute of it. We'll go back to this place for sure.
Doing a puppet show with sea creature puppets
Ali, Emilee and Lauryn
Lauryn
One of the hands on aquariums
They would send this big net down into the water and collect ocean life. Then the kids had a chance to sift through what they caught in the bucket and see if anything was alive. If they found something, they would take it over to the microscope and see what they had caught. It was really neat.
Looking in the microscope to identify our catch of the day. Our guide, Caitlin, was from England and had such a great accent. She was so much fun and really helpful.
The week before they had caught an octopus and then quickly realized she was pregnant. She had her 4 tiny babies and we got to look at them under the microscope. They were soooo teeny tiny and adorable. It was amazing to hear about how they will grow and develop.
The kids are sifting through their catch to see if anything was alive.
MIke and Brynlyn checking out the fish through the glass
Karter
These are a certain species of baby sharks. They grow in these little pockets that was laid by the mommy shark and they will grow then eventually push themselves out of these pockets. The one on the far right, second to the end, was moving around like crazy and was farther along than any of the others were.
Sharks in the aquarium. The kids got to pet these sharks.
Sting rays, these guys had the scaliest backs and they felt really rough
starfish
petting the sharks
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