Center for ocean science public education
The Ocean Explorium announced a community-wide fundraising campaign to ‘Save Your Ocean Explorium, Build Your Future’. Executive Director Abbey Spargo stated that, as the name suggests, the campaign is necessary to keep the Ocean Explorium open and providing enriching educational programs for all. Ms. Spargo stated that “The Ocean Explorium will be communicating its message in [...] Read more »
The Ocean Explorium is kicking off a community-wide fundraising campaign to ‘Save Your Ocean Explorium, Build Your Future’. According to Executive Director Abbey Spargo, “An anonymous donor has issued the Ocean Explorium a challenge match of $50,000 if we can raise $100,000 by July 1.”In order to meet the challenge match deadline, the Ocean Explorium will [...] Read more »
The Ocean Explorium has been selected to participate in the Free Fun Fridays program funded by the Highland Street Foundation. Participating venues are chosen through a competitive application process, which the Ocean Explorium pursued in order to provide access for families in the community who might not otherwise be able to visit. On Friday, August 9, the [...] Read more »
Celebrate ‘Earth Week’ at the Ocean Explorium during April school vacation, with themed programs and activities each day, leading up to Earth Day on April 22. Science experiments, hands-on learning activities, arts and crafts, and special Science on a Sphere® presentations will all highlight our planet and demonstrate such earthly phenomena as currents and climate, [...] Read more »
Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III assembled a group of educators, business leaders and other advocates in Needham yesterday to share a conversation about the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and math. As a member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, Congressman Kennedy is deeply committed to STEM and hopes to contribute to the [...] Read more »
The Ocean Explorium is pleased to offer New Bedford Elementary School teachers a ten-hour Professional Development workshop, STEMming Across Gaps, designed to connect Elementary curriculum with the wealth of marine resources available in the Ocean Explorium. The workshops will run on Wednesdays, April 10 and 24, and May 8 and 22, from 3:30 to 6:00 PM [...] Read more »
When Erin Adams and Heather Marshall open up live sea scallops and let their students peer inside, they are, at first, a little surprised. After all, what they see does not look anything like the scallops they might enjoy for dinner. Surrounding the edible muscle are all the other parts that keep the scallop alive, [...] Read more »
Tonight, the Ocean Explorium will welcome the third speaker of this year’s Girls Interested in Real Life Science (GIRLS) series. The program is free and open to the public, thanks to the generous support of the Women’s Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts. For the fifth year, the Women’s Fund has made [...] Read more »
Young scientists, explorers and marine enthusiasts!! Come to the Ocean Explorium during April Vacation for a week of marine discovery. Program will include hands-on activities, Science on a Sphere® presentations, and live-animal demonstrations. Campers will also enjoy a boat trip with the ZEPHYR Marine Education Foundation on Wednesday, April 17, participating in on-water field activities [...] Read more »
This Wednesday, March 13, the Girls Interested in Real Life Science (GIRLS) speaker series welcomes Carolina Nobre, Research Associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to the Ocean Explorium. The series is free and open to the public, thanks to the generous support of the Women’s Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts. Doors [...] Read more »
