By June Shrestha, MLML Ichthyology Lab
Come out and join us for an interactive peek at MLML research during this two-day event! Taking place all weekend, this special occasion is a family favorite with educational attractions and activities geared for all ages, yummy food, and best of all - it's FREE!
For more info and a schedule of events, check out our Open House website or continue reading below!
Lab Activities:
- Ichthyology Lab (including Fisheries & Conservation Lab) Activities: Fishing & Fish ID Game, Fish Printing
- Pacific Shark Research Center Activities: Shark ID Game, Citizen Science: Spot a Basking Shark, Shark Origami!, Shark Artifacts
- Invertebrate Ecology Lab Activities:Invertebrate touch tank
- Benthic Ecology Lab Activities: Explore an Ice Hole, Native Wetland & Estuarine Plants, Specimen display
- Vertebrate Ecology Lab Activities: Let’s Talk Killer Whales!, Adaptations Display, Coloring and Origami
- Phycology Lab Activities: Seaweed Ice Cream, Get in the (Intertidal) Zone, Diving in the Kelp Forest, Algae Up-Close & Personal
- Biological Oceanography Lab Activities: Plankton under a Microscope, Design a Phytoplankton, Chromatography Bracelet Creation Station, Coloring, Make A Water Molecule Headband!
- Chemical Oceanography Lab Activities: Benthic Flux Chambers
- Physical Oceanography Lab Activities: Plot my Cruise, Internal Wave Station, Experience the Pressure of the Depths, Thermohaline Circulation, Wave Tank display
- Geological Oceanography Lab Activities: Create your own ROCK Candy! Identify that rock!, What is sand?, Class Project Videos, Marine Sediment Cores, How do you categorize sediments?
Puppet Show, Saturday and Sunday: 12:00 PM & 3:00 PM
This year’s much anticipated Annual Puppet Show will be all about conservation! This year’s cast promises a show unlike any other that is full of adventure, educational songs, and of course, some fun and lovable PUPPETS!
Take a look at puppet shows from previous years here.
Talks & Tours Schedule
Saturday, April 27, 2019
10:00 AM - Aquaculture Tour
10:30 AM - Seminar Talk: "Aquaculture - The Fastest-Growing Part of the Food Production Sector and Here to Stay" by Walan Chang
11:00 AM - Wetland Tour
11:00 AM - Seminar Talk: "Social Media & Marine Science" by Emily Pierce
11:30 AM - Seminar Talk: "It Isn't the Cheese: Seabirds, turtles and whales dining in Monterey Bay" by Jim Harvey
12:00 PM - Puppet Show
12:30 PM - MLML/MBARI Research Library Tour
12:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "Mercury Chemistry in the Ocean" by Kaitlin Bowman
1:00 PM - Aquaculture Tour
1:00 PM - Seminar Talk: "Getting to know your MPA" by Ann Bishop
1:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "Society for Women in Marine Science" by Melinda Wheelock
2:00 PM - MLML/MBARI Research Library
2:00 PM - Seminar Talk: "Can we crack the code of dolphin communication? Exploring the fascinating world of killer whale and Risso's dolphin communication" by Brijonnay Madrigal
2:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "Exploring a Submarine Canyon - Science, Technology, Outreach Oh My!" by Marcel Peliks and Miya Pavlock-McAuliffe
3:00 PM - Puppet Show
3:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "Monterey County's Marine Mammal Stranding Network" by Shawn Hannah
4:00 PM - Seminar Talk: "Nutrient Enrichment in Elkhorn Slough" by Jacquie Chisholm
Sunday, April 28th, 2019
10:00 AM - Aquaculture Tour with Max Rintoul
10:30 AM - Seminar Talk: "Salinity in the Moro Cojo Slough: Implications for Restoration and management" by Sara Galindo and Maddy Luthard
11:00 AM - Wetland Tour with Ross Clark
11:00 AM - Seminar Talk: "Do fish pee? What's in it?" by June Shrestha
11:30 AM - Seminar Talk: "The Whales of Monterey Bay" by Jim Harvey
12:00 PM - Puppet Show
12:30 PM - MLML/MBARI Research Library
12:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "A look at the status of one of the most threatened orders of elasmobranchs: Shark-like batoids (Rhinopristiformes)" by Amber Reichert
1:00 PM - Aquaculture Tour
1:00 PM - Seminar Talk: Katie Graves
1:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "Commotion in the Ocean" by Shelby Penn
2:00 PM - MLML/MBARI Research Library
2:00 PM - Seminar Talk: "Dune Restoration in Moss Landing" by Cara Clark
2:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "Stick a Compostable Fork in It: Quitting our addiction to single-use plastics" by Erika Delemarre
3:00 PM - Puppet Show
3:30 PM - Seminar Talk: "MLML Fieldwork in Baja California Sur: Kelp Aging and Morphology by Dan Gossard
4:00 PM - Seminar Talk: "Blue-Water Diving at MLML: Diving Without a Bottom" by Diana Steller