The Virginia Aquarium is temporarily closed to guests, to support efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Until they can open their doors to the public again, they have provided resources that you can use to help continue teaching your children at home.Family Fun
- Take a Virtual Field Trip to the Aquarium with this walkthrough
- Print & Play Fun Pages
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- Meet the Animal Ambassadors of the Virginia Aquarium
Not able to visit right now? No worries! Meet our Animal Ambassadors in these
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Videos
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- Meet Elise: Lesser Madagascar tenrec
- Meet Fieval: Brown rat
- Meet Simon: Eastern mud turtle
- Meet Mack: Macklot’s python
- Meet Wiggles: Eastern tiger salamander
- Meet Zula : Eastern blue tongued skink
Educational
Grades Pk-2
Science
- Properties of Water
- Light Pollution & Sea Turtles
- Sunny Meal Activity (Food Webs)
- Recycled Bird Feeder (with Art crossover)
- Seed Bombs (with Art crossover)
Language Arts & Reading
Art
Physical Education & Games
- Swim Turtle Swim
- Nature Color Hunt (with Art crossover)
- Movin’ & Groovin’ Like the Animals (Video)
Join us as we stretch, balance, and move like the animals!
Grades 3-5
Science
- Sunny Meal Activity (Food Webs)
- Sea Turtle Vocabulary
Language Arts & Reading
- Animal Adaptations Word Search
- Create An Animal (with Science crossover)
- Food Web Crossword Puzzle
- Food Web Word Search
Math
Art
- Create An Animal (with Science and Language Arts crossover)
- Seed Bombs (with Science crossover)
- Sun Prints
Physical Education & Games
Grades 6-8
Science
- Sea Turtle Tracking (map skills)
- Sea Turtle Vocabulary (with Language Arts crossover)
- Life Size Sea Turtle
Grades 9-12
Science
- Oyster Harvesting in Chesapeake Bay
- Sea Turtle Tracking (map skills)
- Sea Turtle Vocabulary (with Language Arts crossover)
Art
For more click here.
Additionally, you can tune into our Facebook and Instagram pages for new lessons, live videos, and educational activities.
How You Can Help
Even though we are closed, our team continues to provide exceptional care for our animals. We depend on admissions and memberships to pay for these mission-critical operations, and our animal care operations do not stop due to the COVID-19 situation. If you would like to help, you can support us through a donation to the Aquarium’s Annual Fund. To make a donation, please visit here: https://www.virginiaaquarium.com/give/Pages/Make-A-Gift-Form.aspx
As this situation continues to evolve, we ask that you please follow the CDC guidelines for preventing the spread of this virus. Stay at home, practice social distancing, wash your hands for at least 20 seconds, and use hand sanitizer.
