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If you can’t come to MarineLab let us bring marine science exploration to you! We offer 5 different engaging virtual lessons that show off live critters and our favorite marine habitats.
eMarineLab provides the MarineLab science learning experience on a virtual platform.
Designed to engage students 4th-12th grade
Opportunities to learn about and see animals, plants, and ocean ecosystems
Aligned with NGSS, utilize inquiry-based science instruction, and are taught by our enthusiastic and knowledgeable MarineLab instructors.
We are always flexible and willing to meet the needs of your classroom (timing, academic level, etc.) While we primarily use Zoom, we are happy to use your platform of choice as a guest speaker.
THESE SESSIONS ARE FREE FOR FLORIDA TITLE I SCHOOLS THROUGH OUR ART MITCHELL FUND. Merely indicate that your school is a Title I school on the booking form. Your school must be currently recognized as a Title I school to utilize this funding.
We are so excited to remain connected to our students through this new medium! Happy learning!
PLEASE NOTE THAT AVAILABILITY IS LIMITED FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY
DUE TO REGULAR PROGRAM SCHEDULING
Email coordinator@marinelab.org if you have further questions! Are you interested in a program for your college students? Contact our director Sarah Egner at sarah.egner@marinelab.org. Scroll down to book a program!
Our Lessons
Adaptation Station
Mangrove Invertebrates
Instructors will anchor a boat in Florida Bay to show off our beautiful mangroves. Students will better understand adaptation by observing live organisms that inhabit the mangrove habitat, identifying structures and behaviors of these organisms, and explaining possible benefits of these observations in terms of survival. Plenty of time will be provided for Q & A with mangrove “critters” such as blue-eyed scallops, sea stars, flatworms and sea slugs. Session is subject to weather!
Session fee: $175 (Two instructors; outdoor setting aboard our boat)
Virtual Reef Snorkel
Coral Reef Ecology
If students can’t come visit the reef with MarineLab in person, the next best thing is a guided reef snorkel with a marine biologist over the web. Students will not only get to see a piece of the reef here in the Florida Keys, but will learn the names of some of the fish, understand why coral is important, practice ID skills and younger students will play a game along the way to assist with observation. Let’s go snorkeling (virtually…)!
Session fee: $60 (One instructor; classroom setting)
Jelly Bellies
Scientific Observation of Cassiopeia Jellyfish
MarineLab instructors will broadcast live from a preferred home of the Cassiopeia jellyfish – the MarineLab boat basin! Students will practice making scientific observations using live Cassiopeia while learning all about this jellyfish. We will conclude with “three truths and a lie” to help dispel myths of this oft-feared creature. Implications of society's view on organisms such as jellyfish will be discussed. Two instructors per session.
Session fee: $125 (One instructor; outdoor setting)
Life on the Rock:
Thinking Like a Scientist
Micro and macro invertebrates from a community that live on live rocks found in Key Largo inshore waters will be displayed. With guidance from the instructor, students practice close scientific observation and use these observations to create explanations. Plenty of time will be allotted for viewing of the entire live rock community (i.e. seastars, amphipods, snails, crabs, isopods, etc.) Two instructors per session. This is a virtual version of our classic "Rock Shake" lab.
Session fee: $140 (Two instructors; indoor/outdoor setting)
Slow Racer
Plankton Morphology
A MarineLab Instructor will connect with students live from our MarineLab facility. Prior to the program, instructors will tow for plankton in the oceanside waters adjacent to our campus. Plankton will be discussed, the sample will be broadcast, and students will discover and make sense of shared characteristics amongst the plankton community. Students will then predict which of our plankton models will win our slowest sinker plankton race!
Session fee: $125 (One instructor; lab setting)