Listed below are the workshops currently available to educators and schools. Bookings are scheduled Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week. Please book as far in advance as possible as time slots fill up quickly.

Blubber (2nd-3rd) - Orcas are found in all the oceans of the world around the 50th parallel latitude. Puget Sound is home to three distinctly unique pods of orcas that are in severe decline compared to other killer whale families. Learn how we impact our resident orcas and examine how blubber works as an insulator,
enabling this species to survive our frigid waters. EALR 1.1.1 1.16 1.2.2 1.2.6 1.3.10

Where is the Water? (2nd-3rd) - Water is the most unique and precious earth material known. This workshop investigates the origins of water and its significance to the workings of our planet. It is the introductory program for our geology series Slip Sliding Away, Movin' Glaciers and The Watershed Model. Through an interactive game of bingo we find out where water resides. EALR 1.1.1 1.1.5 1.3.4 1.3.10 2.1.3 2.1.5

Slip Sliding Away (3rd-4th) - Puget Sound, geologically, is a very active location with many forms of erosion continually altering the environment. We explore wind, wave and tectonic erosion impacts upon our natural world through experimental investigation and practical examination. EALR 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.5 1.2.1 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.3.1 1.3.4 2.1.3-.5 2.2.1-.3

Movin' Glaciers (3rd-4th) - Before the last ice age, the Puget Sound basin was at sea level, merely a lowland valley with enclosed lakes, and closed off from the Pacific Ocean. We explore glacial advances, retreats and how present day ice contraction is changing our world through hands-on activities with glacial erosion modeling. EALR 1.1.1 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.3.1 1.3.3-1.3.5 2.1.3-2.1.5

The Watershed Model (3rd-5th) - Investigate the hydrologic cycle. Learn what a watershed is, how Puget Sound is affected by what happens in the local watershed with our hands-on model, and what we can do to alter our increasingly polluted marine environment. EALR 1.15 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.4 1.3.3 1.3.6 2.1.1 2.1.2-2.1.5

Hold On To Your Home (2nd-5th) - Life in the intertidal zone can be harsh. Discover adaptations that make survival possible while determining ways for a "new" species the students design, to stay put in their niche. EALR 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.2.7

Energy Through the World Wide Food Web (2nd-5th) - Energy transfer is a difficult concept to learn. We address this topic through building a marine food web, from base level habitat through apex predator, in two different interactive game formats. EALR 1.1.1 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.6 1.2.1-1.2.3 1.3.8-1.3.10 3.2.4

Salmon Significance (2nd-5th) - Salmon have long played an integral role in the history, prosperity and the future of the Pacific Northwest. Learn how important this indicator species is to our community, the many challenges faced, and ways students can help protect our threatened and endangered runs through age-appropriate games. EALR 1.1.2 1.1.6 1.2.1 1.2.6 1.2.7 1.3.10 2.2.1 2.2.5 3.1.3

Estuary Mystery (3rd-5th) - Learn how an estuary plays such a vital role in the ecology and the food web of the sea. Scientists have made a mistake in the lab, and so we need junior scientists to identify where our water samples originally came from. EALR 1.1.6 1.2.1 2.2.1-2.2.3 2.2.5 3.1.3 3.2.3 3.2.4