On our vacation last Christmas, we went to the Florida Aquarium. They had a penguin encounter program there and my family and I did it. We had a very good time  and got to carefully touch the penguin, watch it swim and see it get fed. My family and I got some photos and had a lot of fun there.

 

The reason that this is such a special moment is because my dad touched a penguin for the first time (he really likes to take photos and that is normally his role). We got to do it together and the aquarium does not normally let you do that.

 

I love penguins and love that aquariums let people engage and learn about penguins. I think that makes people like and remember the penguins more that just seeing them. Also if the penguins ever needed help, more people would like and know how to help them from the encounter program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caption: Joel and Zach Carpenter interact with a penguin at the Florida Aquarium.

Photo Attributions: Kim took the photo and has granted permission for this photo to be used on Shirley’s 6th Grade blog post and for non-commercial purposes.

 

 

Caption: Joel Carpenter interacts with a penguin at the Florida Aquarium.

Photo Attribution : Zachary Carpenter took the photo and has granted permission for this photo to be used on Shirley’s 6th Grade blog post and for non-commercial purposes.