- November 19, 2024
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Charlotte Winemiller asks her father Jim to name the sea life swimming in the tank.
Jim Winemiller and his daughter Charlotte check out sharks and goliath grouper.
Andrea and her daughter Brynn DiBernardo
Cobyn Mannerud paints recycled materials.
Adam Andrews feels for sea life in the touch pool.
Scallops from Sarasota Bay Watch demonstrate how they clean water.
Scallops from Sarasota Bay Watch demonstrate how they clean water.
A starfish in the touch pool at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.
Mackenna Radunz explains her study project to pop balloons to prevent them from falling and polluting the ocean.
A project from the Home School Advanced Study Program at Mote.
Nicolai, Victoria and Ventzi Petrov
The skeleton of a male bottlenose dolphin was on display.
Visitors were able to touch, paint and get up close with marine life for World Oceans Day Saturday at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.
Aside from the permanent exhibits, families were able to interact with local marine conservation projects and programs to learn how they can prevent polluting the ocean.
Students with the Homeschool Advanced Study Program displayed projects to help prevent ocean pollution. Student Mackenna Radunz presented her project "Pop it Don't Drop it" encouraging beachgoers to pop balloons instead of releasing them into the air where they can drop into the ocean.
"We've seen the effects these balloons have on the environment," Radunz said. "It's something people don't know about."
