Have A Rockin' Time In Ohio

Ohio offers many attractions for families that both parents and kids should enjoy. From the Pro Football Hall of Fame to an African safari, take a look at some of Ohio's family destinations.

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame
Music fans can look back at rock and roll's history at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The museum offers the largest collection of music memorabilia, including collections featuring Chuck Berry, The Who and Janis Joplin. Admission is $22 for adults and $13 for children ages 9-12. Kids ages 8 and under are free.

Pro Football Hall Of Fame
The museum, located in Canton, allows visitors to relive the history of professional football through interactive exhibits, memorabilia, video and audio clips. Admission ranges from $15 to $21 for adults and children, with children 5 and under getting in for free.

African Safari Wildlife Park
This drive-through safari in Port Clinton allows visitors to see animals such as giraffes, zebras and camels from the comfort of their car. Admission is $14.95 to $17.95 for adults and kids ages 7 and up, $8.95 to $11.95 for kids 4 to 6 years old, and free for kids age 3 and under.

Akron Zoo
The Akron Zoo, one of 218 accredited world conservation zoos by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), allows visitors the opportunity to see more than 700 animals. Some of the species include penguins, snow leopards, tigers, jaguars, komodo dragons, and a saltwater exhibit that allows visitors to touch sea urchins and crabs. Summer admission is $10 for adults and kids age 15 years and older, $6 for kids 2 to 14, $7.50 for senior citizens, and free for kids under 2.

Harry London Chocolate Factory
The Harry London Chocolate Factory offers 45-minute tours through the company's 22,000 square foot factory. Visitors are given chocolate samples before and after their tour. Admission is $3 for adults and seniors and $2 for children.

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From the class Anthozoa, corals are small sea anemone or polyps. They are typically in colonies of a bunch of identical individuals, inhabiting reefs. Coral that grows in shallow waters are heavily branched, while coral growing in deeper water grows in sheets or plates.

Coral and coral reefs depend on many factors in which to grow such as light intensity, the availability of food, competition for space, temperature of the water, salinity, and of course predators.

The coral have the ability to reproduce both sexually and asexually and the polyps, or coral, may use both reproduction types in its lifetime.

Fragmentation is the most common form of asexual reproduction, especially within the branching species. Due to environmental changes polyps are dislodged from the head of the coral and moved by motion of the waves to a new location, where it will continue to grow. Sometimes a portion of the coral colony will separate and form a new colony elsewhere.

Budding or gemmation, is another form of asexual reproduction. This happens when a section, within a head of a parent coral, separates to form a new polyp. By doing this the polyp is able to reproduce several times and still be able to maintain tissue connections with the colony. The polyp, if chooses to, may also reproduce sexually later on.

Sexual reproduction, for most species, is the most important way to produce offspring. About 25% of coral are hermatypic coral, or stony coral, they are either male or female, while the other 75% are hermaphroditic, can produce both eggs and sperm, together or at different times.

Hermaphroditism is the most common form of sexuality among coral. Both sexes can happen in the same colony, or their can be colonies of individuals of the same sex.

Coral can reproduce sexually two different ways, either by external fertilization or internal fertilization.

External fertilization occurs by releasing eggs and sperm into the water. About 75% of hermatypic coral broadcast spawn into the water this way, to spread colonies over a long distance.

Fertilization occurs best when there is little difference between high and low tides. The eggs have a better chance of getting fertilized, the less the water moves over the reef, typically three to six days after a full moon.

After a few days the fertilized eggs develop into free swimming microscopic larvae called planula. An average size coral colony can produce several thousand planula a year. They are typically pink and elliptical in shape.

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