FIN TV: Marine Careers (V12)

Dive into exciting careers and speak live with Mote's experts! SeaTrek offers opportunities to interact with experts from a variety of career paths, such as marine scientists, aquarists, educators, manatee trainers and more! These events will be organized by SeaTrek staff, and offered “first come-first served,” on particular dates (see below).

Objective: The students will learn about marine science and aquarium careers and what it takes to work in these fascinating fields.

Time required: Approximately 50 minutes.

Cost: $175.00 USD program fee.

Recommended Grade Level: K-12th grade (students age 6-18 years).

Materials: To participate in this program, you will need the following:

1. A videoconferencing system capable of 384 Kbps or more, either IP or ISDN (required).
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2. Marine Careers Survey (optional).

About Scheduling: SeaTrek will organize events with experts and announce them on our website and various interactive videoconferencing listservs. These events will be done point to point, with one class, on a “first come-first served” basis.

A dolphin researcher & a shark scientist 10:00am-11:00am only	Sep 8, 2005	Nov 2, 2005
A manatee trainer & a marine educator 10:00am-11:00am only	Sep 21, 2005	Nov 15, 2005
A fisheries biologist & invertebrate researcher 10:00am-11:00am only	Oct 5, 2005	Nov 29, 2005

To register for one of these programs, click here.