Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/08/24
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY
Categories
Visit the Museum of the Earth on World Ocean Day 2024!
World Ocean Day catalyzes collective action for a healthy ocean and a stable climate. It supports collaborative conservation, working with its global network of youth leaders and 2,000+ organizations in 150+ countries. World Ocean Day has been recognized since 2008 by the United Nations.
Research and outreach at the Paleontological Research Institution has always been deeply connected to oceans and their biodiversity. It started with PRI’s extensive research collections of marine fossils. It now includes programs and exhibits at the Museum of the Earth highlighting the geological history of oceans and ocean life, its right whale skeleton, and its tanks of living corals from the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific seas.
Activities and tours will take place on World Ocean Day on Saturday, June 8, from 11 am to 1 pm. They will include:
- a demonstration of how ocean gyres work;
- explanation of the Museum coral tanks;
- examples of fascinating past and present mollusks (clams, snails, and cephalopods);
- an activity to look for and identify shark teeth;
- hands-on fossils from the ancient sea that covered New York State in the Devonian period
- All activities above will be from 11am-1pm
- 11am – tour of the NY Rocks! exhibit
- 12pm – a history of ocean life tour, through the Museum of the Earth exhibit
Activities are available to all and included in Museum admission. PRI Members are free!
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