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EventFort Lauderdale · Museum of Discovery and Science
Ocean Science Family Day
Touch tanks, a coral-nursery workshop and reef films for a family ocean-science day.
About this event
A family ocean-science day at the Museum of Discovery and Science, built around the new reef tank gallery. Marine biologists from Nova Southeastern University run touch tanks, a coral-nursery workshop and a shark-tracking demo, while the IMAX theater screens a reef documentary every hour. Children can build a water-filtration model and take home a mangrove seedling while supplies last. All activities are included with general admission.
What you'll do
- Touch starfish, urchins and conch in the touch tank
- Build a water-filtration model
- Pot a mangrove seedling to take home
- Watch a shark-tracking demo with NSU biologists
- Catch a reef documentary in the IMAX theater
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Venue
Museum of Discovery and Science
401 SW 2nd St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Organizer
Museum of Discovery and Science
Fort Lauderdale, Florida