Field Trip Education Programs

In My Backyard

Grade Levels: PreK – 1
Program Length: 40 minutes
Session Maximum: 20 students
Cost: $50 per session

During this instructor-led program, students will visit a series of stations highlighting the diversity of backyard habitats in Tampa Bay. The themed early childhood room encourages hands-on learning through investigation and observation.

Operation: Coral

Grade Levels: 1 – 8
Program Length: 60 minutes
Session Maximum: 30 students
Cost: $60 per session

A mad scientist has contacted Turtle Base Tampa in need of help! Coral reefs throughout the Florida Keys are changing at an alarming rate. Students are needed to help discover the culprit. During this mission, participants will learn about the history of coral reefs, compare corals from around the world, and discover ways that humans can help. Young learners will use critical thinking and inquiry-based learning strategies to discover challenges that corals and other creatures encounter.

Operation: Minis

Coral, Shark, or Sea Turtle Mini

Grade Levels: 1– 8
Program Length: 30 minutes
Session Maximum: 30 students
Cost: $40 per session

Choose between three (3) important and mysterious creatures; coral, sharks, or sea turtles! Students take a quick dive into the selected habitat to learn about challenges the selected species faces and how they can help.

Operation: Sea Turtle

Grade Levels: 1– 8
Program Length: 60 minutes
Session Maximum: 30 students
Cost: $60 per session

The researchers at Turtle Base Tampa have lost contact with Tango, a female loggerhead sea turtle that was tagged when she was young. Returning to nest on her home beach every few years has provided valuable behavioral and tracking data to help expand our knowledge of sea turtles. Students are challenged to help in the search.

Spending time at our conservation outpost, participants will learn more about sea turtle life, their history, and how humans and sea turtles can live together in harmony. Students will use critical thinking and inquiry-based learning strategies to discover challenges that sea turtles and other creatures encounter.

Operation: Shark

Grade Levels: 1– 8
Program Length: 60 minutes
Session Maximum: 30 students
Cost: $60 per session

Several species of sharks are threatened, affecting the balance of the ocean, and we’re asking students for their help.

During this adventure, participants will learn about different species of sharks, where they can be found, how humans and sharks interact, and ways in which humans can help their populations. Students will use critical thinking and inquiry-based learning strategies to discover challenges that sharks and other creatures encounter.