Gulf State Park Shark Week
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Gulf State Park Pier 20800 E. Beach Blvd., Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
Shark week is something many people look forward to year after year. Gulf Shores, Alabama is hosting its very own shark week at the Gulf State Park Fishing and Education Pier July 23rd through July 27th. Come out and enjoy some "fintastic fun"! $3 per person for all ages and includes sightseeing on the pier and all shark week activities.
SCHEDULE:
Monday- Ocean Camp
Tuesday- Auburn University Natural History Museum will be showing how to use a dichotomous key to identify sharks
Wednesday- Marine Resources will have touch tanks to get up close and personal
Thursday- Marine Fisheries Lab with Mississippi State University at the Coastal Research and Extension Center will be doing dissections at 10:30am and 1pm
Friday- USM’s Center for Fisheries Research and Development will have tagging info, preserved specimens and microscopes with blood slides
Daily activities from 10am until 3pm each day include:
- 3D Shark Movie
- Fun, educational displays and activities all about shark’s anatomy, senses, fins
- Sharks of the Gulf scavenger hunt on the pier. Each correct answer will get a shark tooth or small trinket to add to Shark Week visor craft.
- See what's going on under the pier on a monitor showing our underwater remote control vehicle.
- Shark Face Painting and Tattoos