Boston Sea Rovers Sunday Kids Day

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Dates:	Sunday, March 8, 2015 - Sunday, March 8, 2015
Hours:	9:30am-3pm
Ages:	Kids
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Animals

Sunday is Kids Day! Join us for fun ocean related activities and presentations during the day.

Admission to these special Sunday Kids Day programs for children and adults are FREE!* Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Activities and presentations will be hosted upstairs on the Second Floor (Access by ballroom staircase).
Activities
9:30am-3:00pm
How Fast Can Your Escargot Go?
Just how fast can snails go?

Come find out!
Join students from Salem State for fun snail races!

10:00am-2pm
Get Up Close and Personal: Sea Creature Touch Tanks Courtesy of the New England Aquarium

Special Guests:

9:30-10:15am
Rajan the Swimming Elephant with Nancy McGee Hear what it is like to swim in the ocean with an elephant and more amazing stories about Nancy’s experiences with Rajan.

10:30-11:15am
What do YOU want to know about Sharks?
Bring your questions for shark researcher Dr Greg Skomal!

11:30am-12:15pm
Sensational Sharks
Learn about sharks with Amy Fleischer, former Education Director at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Amy will lead an interactive family program about nature of sharks, their life cycles, habitats, and our role in their conservation.

Hands-on, inquiry-based activities are sure to interest young explorers!

Lunch Break

1:00-1:45pm
Fun with Fish: REEF Bingo with Janna Nichols from REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation)
How much do you know about fish?

Come play bingo and find out!

2-2:45pm
The Weird and Wild: The Greenland Shark with Michel Labrecque and Julie Ouimet.
What is it like to dive with one of the strangest sharks in the world?

Learn more about these bizarre creatures.

*Please note: Tickets are required for regular Boston Sea Rovers Saturday and Sunday Daytime programs and Evening Film Festival.

The weekend long event will include over forty daytime seminars covering a wide variety of topics about exploration, education and conservation of the underwater world.

The spectacular Saturday Evening Film Festival is one of the most prestigious in the underwater world.

Dr Greg Skomal, well known explorer and great white shark researcher will be the Master of Ceremonies.

This year the Festival features amazing underwater films from famed IMAX filmmakers Howard and Michelle Hall, BBC Filmmaker Rick Rosenthal (Life, Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Disney’s Earth) and Andy Casagrande.

The weekend also includes the Eco-Animals Art Exhibit which traces the life of a flip-flop from ocean trash to amazing creations such as elephants, lions and giraffes.

Other happenings include public workshops on underwater photography, free diving and advanced diving techniques, and the largest display of dive equipment and services in New England.

Not a diver but want to try it?

Check out free Discover Scuba experiences in the on-site pool.

WEBSITE

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www.bostonsearovers.com/kids-activities/

LOCATION

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50 Ferncroft Rd, Danvers, MA, 01923 map

See our website for directions and more information

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