My favorite station was the one next to the Sea Lion Cove. That station was the best one that we went to. I liked it a lot because it gave us some thing interesting thing to do. In that station we had to do three things. We had to compare the temperatures of three different kinds of material in ice-cold water. Their was a plain plastic bag, a plastic bag with something inside it , and then a bag with hair in it. There were thermometers for us to check the temperature of the different kind of stuff in the water.
Anyway, the plastic bag with out anything in it was suppose to represent an animal that has no fur. The second bag contained a blubbery kind of substance ( I think it was pudding) that was suppose to represent how warm it is for animal that had a lot of animal fat. The third bag had a lot of hair in it. That was suppose to represent an animal with fur in cold water temperatures. So, we put our hands in it and set the bag in the cold water. We felt how it feels to have all those kinds of things as an animal. We experienced that in cold temperatures like those it is very good to have fur and body fat to warm you.
Anyway, the plastic bag with out anything in it was suppose to represent an animal that has no fur. The second bag contained a blubbery kind of substance ( I think it was pudding) that was suppose to represent how warm it is for animal that had a lot of animal fat. The third bag had a lot of hair in it. That was suppose to represent an animal with fur in cold water temperatures. So, we put our hands in it and set the bag in the cold water. We felt how it feels to have all those kinds of things as an animal. We experienced that in cold temperatures like those it is very good to have fur and body fat to warm you.
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