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Marine Life around Haida
Gwaii
Lesson 1 • Seabirds
- What is a seabird?
- Behavior, communication, reproduction
- Adaptations (feet, egg shape, wings, shape,
salt gland)
- Local seabirds (ancient murrelet, marbled
murrelet, storm petrel)
- Conservation – how seabirds are
affected by humans
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Lesson 2 • Marine
Mammals
- What is a mammal/marine mammal?
- How do marine mammals stay warm?
- What do they eat?
- What kind of habitat do they need?
- How are whales and fish different? (Learn the
parts of a whale and fish)
- Compare baleen and toothed whales
- Compare seals and sea lions
- Focus on harbour porpoise (Haida Gwaii Museum
discovery box)
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Lesson 3 • Deep Sea
- Deep sea creatures
- Challenges of living in the deep sea
- Adaptations to living in the deep sea eg.
bioluminescense
- Exploring the deep sea
- Conservation
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Lesson 4 • Kelp
Forests
- What makes up a kelp forest?
- What animals live in the kelp forest?
- Where do those animals live (habitat niches)?
- Sea otter vs. river otter
- What is a keystone species (eg. sea otter)?
What happens when a keystone species is gone?
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Lesson 5 • Burnaby
Narrows
- What is a narrows? Why is it special?
- What creatures live there?
- Why do they live there?
- Focus on bat stars, sunstars, turban snails,
sessile (non-mobile) invertebrates, kelp
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Lesson 6 • Bowie
Seamount
- What is a seamount?
- What type of habitat is it?
- What lives there?
- Rockfish habitat needs
- Rockfish ecology – life span, parts
of a rockfish, types, what they eat, etc
- Conservation
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Lesson 7 • Sponges
and Sponge Reefs
- What is a sponge? Examples of different types
of sponges
- What is a sponge reef? Why should it be
protected?
- Sponge biology – parts of a sponge,
how they eat, reproduce, protect themselves
- Sponge ecology – predators, what
they eat
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Lesson 8 • Marine Conservation
- Define marine conservation and stewardship
- Why are they important?
- Wants vs. needs of animals and humans
- How can I be a steward?
- Marine protected areas
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