Mote and SECOORA to co-host public forum: Eyes on the Ocean

The public is invited to the forum “Eyes on the Ocean: Why monitoring the sea makes your life better” at 9 a.m. Jan. 26 at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. This forum is being held in conjunction with an upcoming Board Meeting for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA).

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Attention home-school families: Mote to host open house

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is hosting an open house for home-school families.  Perfect for the budding scientist or constantly curious student, this two-hour event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and provide families the chance to see how they can add more marine science and STEM to their home-school curriculum.

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Mote celebrates five years of outreach in Boca Grande

More than 70 people, including former First Lady Laura Bush, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and other ocean enthusiasts, gathered on Jan. 9 under a star-filled sky to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Mote’s Boca Grande Outreach office — a regional hub of marine science outreach and education. (End-of-year updates added December 2018.)

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Jan. 25: Youth Making Ripples Marine Science Film Festival

Join Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium for a mini film screening from the "Youth Making Ripples" Film Competition at 5:30-7:30 p.m.  Thursday, Jan. 25 in Mote's WAVE Center, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota. A portion of this year’s FREE screening will focus specifically on plastic pollution and feature Mote’s new exhibit, "Sea Debris: Awareness through Art."

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Mote to host 5th anniversary open house in Boca Grande

Mote invites the Boca Grande community to an open house to celebrate five years of marine science outreach and education in the region. The event will be held on Jan. 9 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Mote’s outreach office (480 East Railroad Ave., Boca Grande, FL 33921). This family-friendly celebration will include interactive science and education booths for kids as well as hors d’oeuvres and cocktails for adults.

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Podcast: A year’s worth of updates on science, education

We ring in 2018 by sharing the latest updates on many Mote projects from 2017. Listeners will learn: how far our tagged sea turtles and sharks traveled in the wild; how we improved systems to detect red tide; why our scientists patented new technology to distinguish male from female fish; how Mote's Florida Keys facility and coral restoration sites fared during Hurricane Irma; how our cold-stunned sea turtle patients are doing after their trip from the New England Aquarium to Mote's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital; and much more. Hayley shares the updates while Joe is away. Come back, Joe! We miss you!

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