Field Trips

Program Overviews

Classroom Programs

Learn about ocean animals - from fish and sharks to dolphins and sea turtles - through games, stories, role plays, and team activities.

50 minutes • 15-30 students/class • 1 chaperone free : 5 students ratio • $12/student

Explore Field Trips by Grade Level

Preschool

Grades K - 2

Grades 3 - 5

Grades 6 - 8

Grades 9 - 12

Interested in visiting Save Our Seabirds during your field trip to Mote?  Click here for a full list of SOS Field Trip Programs.

Laboratory Programs

Discover scientific tools and methods while conducting marine-themed experiments and dissections.

75 minutes  • 15-30 students/class • 1 chaperone free : 5 students ratio•  $14/student, 5 chaps free

Field Programs Find out what to wear and bring

Explore Sarasota Bay by collecting critters with Mote's field sampling equipment or by snorkeling over the seagrass beds and sand flats.

90 minutes • 15-30 students/class • 1 chaperone free : 5 students ratio • $17/student

Auditorium Programs

View exciting demonstrations during an interactive presentation in an assembly setting for up to 200 students. Only offered during 9am and 10am time slots.

50 minutes • 200 students • 1 chaperone free : 5 students ratio • $ 12/student

Self-Guided Aquarium Tours

Parties of 10 or more are invited to take advantage of our group rates with advance reservations.

Reservations are required and must be made at least one week in advance.

$12/ ages 4-12 • $14/ adult

Register your self-guided group now.

SeaSnooze Overnight Programs Click here for more information

Experience the Aquarium at night, learn about resident animals and Mote research through hands-on activities, and sleep with the fishes!

Fridays & Saturdays, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 a.m.•15-50 students • 1 chaperone free : 5 students ratio