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Outreach Programs

Bring the Ocean Into Your Classroom

Program Descriptions

 

  

 

Preschool: Shark Teeth

Look into a shark's mouth and learn about their teeth and feeding habits through games, stories, and a shark tooth hunt.

Grades K-2: Our Dolphin Neighbors

Learn about the dolphins that live in Sarasota Bay through stories and role plays based on Mote's longest running research study of bottlenose dolphins.

Grades 3-5: Mighty Manatees

Discover the Florida subspecies of the West Indian manatee that makes its home in Sarasota Bay through active games, role plays, and examination of bio-facts.

Grades 6-8: Spineless Sea

Dissect a squid and learn about taxonomic classifications in our hands-on marine invertebrate lab.

Grades 9-12: Turtle Tech

Learn how Mote's Stranding Investigation program uses technology to track sea turtles from their nesting beaches out to sea and back again.

Program Details

Length: 50 minutes

Cost: $175 per program plus mileage, $40 for additional same-day program

Class Size: 15-30 students, at least one chaperone required

   
Registration Information
 

 

Outreach scholaships are currently available. 

Please click here for an application.


We proudly participate in EdExploreSRQ, a Sarasota County School District website to connect classrooms to community arts, science, and culture organizations.

 


Questions?

Check out our FAQs or contact us by phone at 941.388.4441, ext. 348, or by e-mail at educate@mote.org.