Seaquaria in your Classroom.
Our classroom programs are designed to inspire and support responsible and informed environmental stewards and citizen scientists. Students are encouraged to interact with their environment in respectful and novel ways.
Seaquaria in your Classroom comes in a multi-series program, the Salish Sea Safari, and in short form programs that run between 1.5 to 2 hours. We offer our short form programs in the classroom, virtually, and on field trips.
Each program can accommodate 1 class with up to 30 students.
Bookable Dates
We are now booking programs for the 2023 - 2024 school year.
Use the links below to book or email us at education@seaquaria.org
Salish Sea Safari
Kindergarten - Grade 12
No. Sessions: 6
No Hours: 6
In Person
Students will explore the world of marine life in this six-session program, which covers six different marine phyla: Porifera, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Arthropoda, and Chordata.
Each session includes a brief interactive presentation on each phylum, as well as hands-on activities with our animal ambassadors. Each activity reinforces the lesson from that session while also getting them excited about what they'll learn next week!
Are you a Seaquaria in Schools participant? You get a discount and priority for registration!
Please note, the Salish Sea Safari is in place of our Seaquaria in Schools program, which is on hiatus for 2023-2024.
Cost: $500 + GST
Discounted Seaquaria in Schools cost: $400 + GST
Your Watershed and You
Grade 2 - Grade 12
No. Sessions: 1
No. Hours: 1.5
Field trip to the Gorge Waterway Nature House
Your Watershed and You is a field-based program that introduces students to a local watershed through a series of hands-on activities that emphasize the pivotal role that water plays in our lives.
Cost: $200 plus GST
Sensational Seas
Preschool - Grade 6
No. Sessions: 1
No. Hours: 1-1.5
In Person
Sensational Sea introduces students to the marine invertebrates on our coast and their feeding, offensive, and defensive strategies. Through hands-on exploration, students are able to experience the incredible biodiversity that the Pacific Northwest has to offer and learn how they catch prey, protect themselves from predators, and eat! Meet an animal that takes its stomach out of its body to eat lunch, an animal that can expel water to hide in its shell, an animal that uses its feet to eat, and more!
Cost: $200 plus GST
Ask a Seaquarist
All
No. Sessions: 1
No. Hours: 1
Virtual
Have a burning question? Let your students pick our brains about a variety of topics, including but not limited to: marine biology, human impacts on our oceans, and early careers in science!
Cost: $150 plus GST
Scientists on the Seashore
Grade 9 - Grade 12
No. Sessions: 1
No. Hours: 2
Field trip to a local beach
Scientists on the Shore is a field-based program designed to introduce students to basic intertidal sampling techniques and intertidal diversity by closely observing quadrats and comparing observations between intertidal zones.
Cost: $250 plus GST
Tide dependent
Seashells by the Seashore
Grade 2 - Grade 8
No. Sessions: 1
No. Hours: 2
Field trip to a local beach
We believe that the best learning often happens outdoors and this field-based program is all about cultivating a love of learning through hands-on exploration of local beaches.
Cost: $250 plus GST
Tide dependent