The Ocean Adventure
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MAKE SCIENCE COME ALIVE WHEN WE BRING THE EXCITEMENT, BEAUTY AND WONDER OF NATURE UNDER THE SEA INTO YOUR SCHOOL!
The Ocean Adventure Assembly Programs bring the exciting, real-life adventures of undersea explorers, Wayne & Karen Brown to your students with high-energy,fast-paced and entertaining multimedia presentations. Using unique props, biological specimens, breathtaking photography, storytelling techniques, and audience participation, each presentation allows your students to experience actual expeditions exploring the fascinating and beautiful marine environments around the world. Exciting face-to-face encounters with "dangerous" marine animals dispel their myths. Your students will discover the riches of the oceans and gain a better appreciation for the survival of life on Earth--the water planet.
Wayne & Karen Brown: A knowledgeable, articulate and enthusiastic husband and wife team with over thirty years of experience as naturalists, marine conservationists, diving educators, resort operators and award-winning photographers. Their ongoing diving expeditions take them around the world studying and documenting the marine environment and the creatures that inhabit the ocean realm, from the most innocuous to the most dangerous.
As a marine biologist Wayne started The Ocean Adventure presentations to bring the ocean to young audiences by reliving his actual underwater expeditions. Karen joined Wayne to expand the scope of The Ocean Adventure and present the female perspective to underwater exploration and discovery.
Description of programs:
NEW! FOR 2009/2010
The Belize Whale Shark Expedition: (Topic: Whale Sharks)
Join Wayne and Karen on their summer 2009 expedition along the largest coral reef in northern hemisphere to search for and study the largest shark on the planet - the Whale Shark! Props, models and specimens show how these school bus-sized sharks are harmless plankton-feeders. The expedition portion of the program is in HD, wide-screen digital video. At the end of the program meet our life-sized, juvenile, 25-foot long Whale Shark!
The Australia Great White Shark Expedition: (Topic: Sharks)
Come face-to-face with a 15 foot long, 3,000 pound great white shark! Find out the facts versus the fantasies as we study great white sharks in South Australia at Dangerous Reef. Meet "Shelia", our life-sized, 15-foot long inflatable Great White Shark!
The Australia Great Barrier Reef Expedition: (Topic: Coral Reefs)
Visit the largest living organism on earth and the home of Nemo (from the hit movie Finding Nemo)...Australia's Great Barrier Reef! Witness corals giving birth. Meet Nemo's frends that call the Great Barrier Reef home, from the docile to the dangerous. We build a coral reef onstage. At the end of the program meet our gigantic, larger-than-life, 8-foot tall inflatable coral polyp!
The Belize Rainforest to Reef Expedition: (Topic: Rainforest and Coral Reefs)
Learn how rainforests and coral reefs are important for animals and people as we visit the Central American country of Belize. See the diversity of the plants and animals in both ecological systems. Come face-to-face with sharks and crocodiles!
The Crystal River Florida Manatee Expedition: (Topic: Manatees)
Get nose-to-nose with a 10 foot long, 2,000 pound Flordia manatee! Learn how these animals are adapted to their environment, why they are endangered and what you can do to help prevent their extinction. At the end of the program meet "Mandy", our life-sized, 10-foot long manatee!
The Silver Bank Humpback Whale Expedition: (Topic: Whales)
Meet a 20 foot long, baby humpback whale! Join us on a voyage to the world's largest humpback whale breeding grounds...the Silver Bank, near the Caribbean Sea. At the end of the program meet "Herbie" our life-sized, 20-foot long inflatable baby Humpback Whale.
The Island of the Blue Dolphins Expedition: (Topic: Kelp Forests)
Visit the island from the book, The Island of the Blue Dolphins. Tour underwater around the island and meet the marine inhabitants. Learn why the kelp forests around this island are an important natural resource.
The Caribbean Sea Expedition: (Topic: Animal Adaptations)
Visit the island from the book, The Cay. Investigate a colorful Caribbean reef fish community. See the humorous and interesting tricks fish use in the underwater game of survival. Come face-to-face with sharks and moray eels.
Details
- Grade Level: pre K-8
- Length: 45-60 minutes
- Travel: No travel fees
- Fees: Start at $850
- Workshops: NO
- Residencies: NO
Technical
- Setup: 45 minutes
- Takedown: 20 minutes
- Equipment:
Darkened room, projection screen, display table, (2) extension cords, PA system
Additional Information
Instructional Materials Included: Teacher's Guide and Student Workbook included
Other: Family Fun Nights • Award Assemblies • PTA Meetings • Career Days • Red Ribbon Week • Science Nights • Ocean Weeks
Contact
Wayne & Karen Brown
The Ocean Adventure
5272 Thorn Tree Lane
Irvine CA 92612
(949) 786-4484
Toll free: (800) 760-6089
Email: programs@theoceanadventure.com
Website: www.TheOceanAdventure.com