National Marine Life Center

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Apr 11, 2014

Turtle Release in Florida!

Seven of the eleven endangered sea turtles currently in rehabilitation at the National Marine Life Center will be released near Jacksonville, Florida on Monday morning, April 14. Each of the turtles stranded last November on Cape Cod suffering from cold stunning, which is a severe form of hypothermia. The turtles were all rescued by Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in November, 2013 and...

Posted by Sam Guinen on Apr 10, 2014

My Work at the NMLC

I started doing work with the Red Bellied Cooters a few short weeks ago. So far I’m loving it. I get to go home to my younger sister (who is a huge turtle lover) and brag about what I get to do all day. I started an internship here through my school. Instead of going to class I get to come here every other week and do something that matters. At first this was just a way to get out of school, but now...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Mar 31, 2014

Tickets Available for SEAL TIDES!

Animal care technician Corinne teaches what to do if you find a stranded marine animal. Unfortunately, Jamie and Ruth keep hijacking her presentation…. Join us for SEAL TIDES, an educational, family-friendly comic mystery play by playwright Eva Schegulla, and learn why presentations can by murder! Performances take place at the National Marine Life Center, 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay. Tickets...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Mar 30, 2014

Teachers’ Professional Development – Learning Progressions from Land to Sea

Practicing Progressions from Land to Sea: Bringing Engineering Design and Inquiry Into Your Classroom Join the Museum Institutes for Teaching Science, the Lloyd Center for the Environment, Buttonwood Park Zoo, Mass Audubon’s Oak Knoll and Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuaries, and the National Marine Life Center and dive into learning progressions from land to sea. This professional development...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Mar 29, 2014

High School Teachers’ Professional Development – From Land to Sea

From Land to Sea: Integrating Science and Engineering Practices Into Your High School Curriculum This one-week professional development institute for high school educators combines content and skill development sessions taught by scientists, content specialists and professional educators. Institute partners include the Museum Institute for Teaching Science, National Marine Life Center, Massachusetts...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Mar 27, 2014

April Vacation Week at the National Marine Life Center

Learn, share, explore at the National Marine Life Center this April Vacation Week! We’re open April 18-27, 2014 (except Easter Sunday) from 10 am to 5 pm. With a variety of programs including favorites such as Little Flippers Club and Marine Animal Medical Mystery, as well as new programs such as Marine Animals of the Cape Cod Canal and SEAL TIDES Educational Comic Mystery Play, it’s fun for...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Mar 18, 2014

NMLC Pairs with Playwright for Family-Friendly Comic Mystery

The National Marine Life Center is delighted to announce a second partnership with playwright Eva Schegulla for SEAL TIDES, a new family-friendly comic mystery geared to the Center’s mission, to debut this spring. This program is supported in part by grants from the Bourne Cultural Council and the Mid-Cape Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Feb 26, 2014

Registration Open for the 2014 Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K!

Registration is now OPEN for the 4th Annual Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K! Come one, come all! Use your FEET to help our FINNED and FLIPPERED friends! Join runners, walkers, and animal-lovers in a 5K run/walk to raise money for the National Marine Life Center! This is a fun, family oriented, pet-friendly event that also features activities and an “Animal Rescue Fun Run” for kids. Date: Sunday,...