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Outreach Programs
Bring the ocean to your classroom! Our dynamic team from the Alaska SeaLife Center will dive in with a variety of fun, hands-on programs designed to spark imagination and inspire discovery of the ocean and marine science. Our programs create learning opportunities for students K-12 encouraging play and exploration as students discover real world marine science.
Add a Distance Learning or Virtual Visit Session to your Outreach booking to continue the learning or get an introduction to our work and animals before we come to your classroom.
Pricing
1st program: $300
Additional program: (same location, same day) - $200
Outreach programs are limited to the State of Alaska. Travel expenses are billed based on actual costs. A 20% buffer is included on quotes for rural travel (off the road system) to account for weather or other unforeseen delays. Staff time is included in program cost and travel costs. A detailed breakdown of actual travel costs will be provided with the final invoice.
Add Distance Learning: $200 (Can be added before or after our Education Team visits your class).
Add Virtual Visit: $150 – Explore ASLC LIVE with one of our team members
Community events and family activities can be offered - contact education@alaskasealife.org for details
Request an Outreach Program
To request an Outreach Program, please click the button below and complete the Outreach Program Request Form.
We will confirm reservations in the order we receive them, please allow 7 days for confirmation.
Choices for Outreach Programs
| Program Name |
Recommended |
Program Description |
|
Beaks, Bubbles, & Burrows |
K-3 |
Discover the many unique adaptations that allow Alaska’s beautiful diving seabirds to inhabit both sea and sky. Become a seabird traveling from ocean to coast, then build your very own clay puffin to take home! |
| Marine Mammal Adaptations |
K-5 |
Explore the variety of adaptations used by seals, sea lions, and sea otters found in Alaska’s waters. Engage with biofacts, videos and build your own clay seal to take home! |
|
Terrific Alaskan Tidepool Travels |
1-5 |
Take a walk through the Alaskan intertidal zone and meet Alaska’s tough and mysterious local invertebrates. Discover how intertidal animals survive, adapt, and thrive. |
| There & Back Again: A Salmon's Tale |
3-6 |
In this role-play adventure, participants experience the life cycle of salmon first-hand, from rivers and streams to the ocean, and back again! |
| Bioluminescence |
3-8 |
Discover the mysterious animals that inhabit the ocean’s depths. Investigate the amazing adaptations of light-producers in the deep ocean and observe actual bioluminescence! |
|
Eat or Be Eaten in Alaska |
4-6 |
Explore the complexity of food webs and ecosystems through an interactive exploration of some of Alaska’s most iconic animals and ecosystems. |
| Cephalopods: The Squid Dissection |
4-12 |
Dive into the wonderful world of cephalopods, discover their many unique adaptations and fascinating anatomy through a squid dissection! (Please contact us about squid availability. Observation-only sessions are also an option.) |
|
Clues from the Coast: Studying Endangered Steller Sea Lions |
6-12 |
Learn how scientists at the Alaska SeaLife Center study the endangered Steller sea lions of Chiswell Island. Search through scat samples and remotely recorded video footage to piece together their story and changing population. Practice research techniques like census counting, scat analysis, and identifying individuals! |
