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Slay the Energy Vampire!
October is energy conservation month. Here’s an easy thing you can do to save energy AND money this Halloween…. Slay your energy vampires!
The term “energy vampires” (aka “energy phantoms”) refers to the hidden drain of energy from various unused sources around your home or office. Examples include cell phone chargers, televisions, computers [...]
Join us for Spooooky Splash
It’s a ghost…. No, it’s a ghoul…. No, it’s a – it’s a – MARINE ANIMAL PARASITE!!! EEEEEEK! (Insert blood-curdling scream!)
Join us this Saturday for a splashingly spooky Halloween Open House.
We’ll have arts and crafts, games and ghouls. You can make your very own seal or sea turtle trick-or-treat bag and decorate a pumpkin to [...]
National Marine Life Center Participates in Coastsweep 2009
On Saturday September 19, 2009 a group of 17 volunteers set out to the Cape Cod Canal to clean the coastline between the Train Bridge and Bourne Bridge on the Buzzards Bay side. After 2 and 1/2 hours we came back with 149 lbs of trash and cover 1.25 miles of rocks and coastline. Of [...]
Story Time and Paper Bag Whales @ NMLC
Okay. It’s summer vacation and it’s raining outside. Did I say, “Raining?” It’s pouring. The kids are nursing yesterday’s sunburn from 12 hours on the beach. And you can’t stand one more rerun of SpongeBob SquarePants. What is a formerly sane parent going to do? Who you gonna call?
The smart answer is “the National Marine Life [...]
Fins and Flippers at NMLC
Summer education programs have begun at the National Marine Life Center at 120 Main Street in Buzzards Bay. “Fins and Flippers” kicked off this morning in the Discovery Center with kids and parents having a great time assembling sea turtles from recycled CDs. A donation of $3 for non-members and $1 for members is suggested [...]
NMLC Critter Tank
Can there be anything more exciting to children than a Critter Tank? I think not. Snails and shrimp and crabs, oh my! Children become entranced watching lady (calico) crabs dancing around the tank. Then there are the too proud hermit crabs parading over the rock floor to show off their latest homes, yet coveting everyone else’s shell at [...]
Teacher Workshop Opportunity
Calling all teachers! Dive into currents to better understand water and energy – in the classroom and in the field! Sign up for a summer institute about “Inquiry- Based Science: Investigating Water & Energy Concepts in the State Frameworks.” The workshop will be held on Cape Cod July 6-17.
With workshop partners Ocean Quest, Waquoit Bay [...]
Discovery Center Opens This Weekend
The words out and everyone … even the turtles … are making tracks for Main Street, Buzzards Bay. The NMLC Discovery Center opens this holiday weekend for the entire summer season. Ten to five daily, the Discovery Center will educate and entertain kids of all ages from four to one hundred four.
Learn about marine animals, find out [...]
NMLC @ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The National Marine Life Center team waved its banner of restoring life to the ocean at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on Saturday, May 2nd. Holding the premiere spot at the entrance to the Massachusetts Marine Educators annual conference, the NMLC showcased its success in rehabilitating endangered marine animals, the progress made in building its new [...]
Education over April Vacation!
Thank you to all who participated in the Cape Cod Jr. Tech workshop of Turtle TLC/Seal SOS! We hope all the participants had fun while learning. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers that helped make the three day workshop run smoothly!
No live animals were used during this program only case studies and models.
