School & Group Presentations
Let us bring the Gulf of Maine to you! We'd love to come to your school, library or other location to conduct an interactive program about marine life, and teach your students about whales tide pool animals, and whale research!
Presentation topics may include, but are not limited to:
Get "Eaten" by an Inflatable Whale!
Presentation featuring our life-size inflatable fin whale. The students can even go inside!
Our whale is a replica of a finback whale,
the second-largest animal on Earth! It's one thing for us to tell people about the size of these amazing animals, but now students
(and adults) can really get a sense of how
big
they are.
The whale is made out of plastic and inflates within about 5 minutes using a house fan.
It is about 60 feet long and we only set it up inside. Please make sure that you have a space that's at least 60 feet long (diagonal
dimensions are okay) and about 20-25 feet wide. Most school gyms and multi-purpose rooms work well for this presentation.
The program includes an age-appropriate introduction. Students will also get to see and touch real whale baleen and other artifacts. Then they will watch the whale inflate, and go inside the whale! Inside the whale, there's time to answer questions and figure out how many students it takes to fill up the inside of a finback whale. Following the presentation, we can be available for a question-and-answer session and trivia game. We can also set up 2-3 stations for the students to rotate through, making for a fun, interactive day (see our All-in-One Marine Biology Day below)!
Program rates (subject to change depending on your unique situation): $175 for first hour, $125 for each additional hour, plus mileage. We can accommodate approximately 60 students in one hour.
Traveling Tide Pools!
Go tide pooling without leaving the school!
Experience live tide pool animals and plants at our traveling tide pools station. Selection of critters may vary, but can include crabs, sea stars, mussels, barnacles, periwinkles, sea anemones and more.
The program varies according to the number of students, but includes an age-appropriate introduction and then students will see the marine life in smaller groups.
Program rate (subject to change): $200 for first hour, $150 for each additional hour, plus mileage. We can accommodate a max. of 60 students per hour.
Marine Biology Day – experience the best of our most popular programs!
Our all-in-one marine biology day includes an initial assembly program with a slide show, then three stations for students to visit within their classes: our inflatable whale (which they can go inside!), live tide pool animals and plants, and a hands-on station featuring real whale bones, baleen and other artifacts. We'll have our researchers/educators there throughout the day to satisfy your students' curiosity about whales and other marine life!
Program rates: $250 for initial assembly/set-up, $150 per hour thereafter (can accommodate 5-6 classes of up to 20 students per hour). Rates include the additional educators necessary for a successful Marine Biology Day.
Other program options include: Fins-N-Flukes (slideshow and hands-on activities related to whale research) and Pollution Solutions (slide show and games related to marine debris and other threats to the ocean), or we can tailor a program to your needs.
Marine Debris Presentation and Beach Cleanup (link to cleanups for schools page). We'll come to the school with a presentation about marine debris and why we need to keep our beaches clean, and then meet you at the beach for a beach cleanup so that your students can participate in a conservation project!
