Follow the tracking of marine mammals. Dive or snorkel one of the most pristine coral reefs in North America. Workshops will include identificaion of coral reef inhabitants, comparing marine inhabitants in sawgrass, mangrove and coral reef habitats, and the impact of human development on these environments. Explore many of the uninhabited cays of Abaco. Visit early settlements and ship building centers of the Abacos.
Teachers can sign up one program, or both combined.
Teaching Southwest Florida Marine Ecology is a one-week program designed specifically for teachers, conducted at Mote Marine Laboratory. Marine Ecology, History and Cultural Heritage of the Lower Florida Keys takes place as a residential program at Mote's new Tropical Center for Marine Studies on Summerland Key, Florida. Mote provides round trip transportation, all lodgings and food, and the teacher oriented marine science programs in the Florida Keys. The curriculum is designed to take the marine environment that surrounds us and to translate it into an exciting classroom science program. 4 prior hits today.