Dolphin Watch Nature Tours specializes in educational experiences on the water. In an effort to help teachers and schools create an exciting learning environment, we have created a number of resources to prepare you for your next adventure.

Use our Educational Resources to prepare yourself and those going with you for the trip. Learn about what you will see to have a better understanding of our qualified staff's descriptions and narrations as you touch and see new exciting creatures. Included in the Education Resources are lessons about Dolphins, Coastal Birds, Plankton and other animals we catch In the Net.

The Dolphin lessons feature full lessons on Taxonomy, Anatomy, Adaptation, Communication and Echolocation and Dolphin Conservation. You can practice Classifying Animals Online or print out the Classroom Handouts and Teachers Guide to practice classifying in the classroom. The Anatomy page includes a printable handout that you are invited to use to help students learn how to identify the parts of the dolphin. There is also a Teachers Guide for this handout.

Blue crabs caught with the Trawl Net

The Coastal Birds lesson describes characteristics of the birds you may see on your Educational Experience. Of particular interest is the plight of the Brown Pelican and how DDT poisoning nearly caused their extinction.

Portuguese Man-O-War

There is also a lesson about Biomagnification and how it effected a whole ecosystem in Borneo leading to operation Cat Drop. Feel free to use the printable handout in your classroom. Also, learn about the Whooping Cranes and the incredible efforts to restore the population of this highly endangered bird.

Lydia Ann Channel Lighthouse

Keep an eye on our Virtual Trip page for new exciting events that have happened on our educational trips. Plan to make your own visit and become a part of the history of the Dolphin Watch Nature Tours.

Pelicans and Cormorants on San Jose Island