This program concerns North Carolina ocean animal rescue efforts including the Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter and the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The program will also include a discussion of the largest marine mammal hospital in the world in California that has rescued over 25,000 sea lions and seals. All of these rescue efforts have a similar purpose: rescue, rehabilitation, and release. The program will detail why an animal needs to be rescued, how it is rescued, and what determines if and when the animal is released. The program will have a brief discussion of how the health of ocean animals is connected to the health of the ocean. The program will include an art activity for children.
Our Science in 3D exhibit uses a virtual reality mobile classroom to bring this exciting experience to you! Dive into the eye of Hurricane Maria, track windspeed and rainfall, and learn what to do when there is a hurricane.
Education docents will be available to assist and answer any questions you may have. Strap on a pair of virtual reality headsets and become immersed in this unique environment.
This is an North Carolina Science Festival event. The Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina through a series of community-based events each April (hosted by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, parks, businesses, and other local organizations). For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.
Explore the world of marsh sparrows in Southeastern NC. Seaside, Saltmarsh, and Nelson’s Sparrows all spend their winters within the thin band of saltmarshes along the coast of North Carolina. Learn about the study of these fascinating creatures’ winter activity including movement, population size, and seasonal survival. Evangelyn Buckland will also discuss threats to these species and the marshes whose beauty and ecology we all love so much.
Evangelyn Buckland has been a working biologist since 2016. She has done work for the Smithsonian, the National Park Service, and Audubon North Carolina. She received her MS in Marine Biology in December 2020 after studying overwinter survival of marsh sparrows in the lab of Dr. Ray Danner. Also in 2020, she and two collaborators founded the Cape Fear Bird Observatory, a 501(c)(3) devoted to scientific research and community outreach to protect birds and their habitats in the Cape Fear Region. Since graduating, she has been focused on growing this nonprofit as well as working full time on the marsh sparrow project.
Our Science in 3D exhibit uses a virtual reality mobile classroom to bring this exciting experience to you! Dive into the eye of Hurricane Maria, track windspeed and rainfall, and learn what to do when there is a hurricane.
Education docents will be available to assist and answer any questions you may have. Strap on a pair of virtual reality headsets and become immersed in this unique environment.
This is an North Carolina Science Festival event. The Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina through a series of community-based events each April (hosted by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, parks, businesses, and other local organizations). For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.
Learn about the life cycle and species of sea turtles, how volunteers track sea turtle nests, and what we can do to protect sea turtles. Sea turtles are frequent visitors to the North Carolina coast, with several individuals nesting on beaches from the Outer Banks to our own Ocean Isle Beach.
This is an North Carolina Science Festival event. The Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina through a series of community-based events each April (hosted by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, parks, businesses, and other local organizations). For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.
You’re invited to get up close with some of the more familiar creatures found in our ocean.
Our touch tank pool allows you to gently touch marine animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, whelks, horseshoe crabs, and hermit crabs. These animals live in a variety of habitats and have developed many ways to survive the waves and predators. Volunteers are on hand to assist and teach you about these incredible animals.
Did you know, when a sea urchin “hugs” your finger if you gently touch its spines, it’s actually checking you out: Are you food or predator? If you’re neither, the animal will just gradually release you.
Wine Fest has transformed! Spirited will be a Roaring 20’s style speakeasy. It’s our biggest annual fundraiser; proceeds support the Museum of Coastal Carolina in Ocean Isle Beach and Ingram Planetarium in Sunset Beach. Spirited will feature beer, wine, spirits, food, entertainment, as well as silent and live auctions.
Online registration has closed. Please call our Business Manager, Tracy Branham at (910) 579-1016 to register for the event.
This program concerns North Carolina ocean animal rescue efforts including the Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter and the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The program will also include a discussion of the largest marine mammal hospital in the world in California that has rescued over 25,000 sea lions and seals. All of these rescue efforts have a similar purpose: rescue, rehabilitation, and release. The program will detail why an animal needs to be rescued, how it is rescued, and what determines if and when the animal is released. The program will have a brief discussion of how the health of ocean animals is connected to the health of the ocean. The program will include an art activity for children.
Our Science in 3D exhibit uses a virtual reality mobile classroom to bring this exciting experience to you! Dive into the eye of Hurricane Maria, track windspeed and rainfall, and learn what to do when there is a hurricane.
Education docents will be available to assist and answer any questions you may have. Strap on a pair of virtual reality headsets and become immersed in this unique environment.
This is an North Carolina Science Festival event. The Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina through a series of community-based events each April (hosted by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, parks, businesses, and other local organizations). For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.
Our Science in 3D exhibit uses a virtual reality mobile classroom to bring this exciting experience to you! Dive into the eye of Hurricane Maria, track windspeed and rainfall, and learn what to do when there is a hurricane.
Education docents will be available to assist and answer any questions you may have. Strap on a pair of virtual reality headsets and become immersed in this unique environment.
This is an North Carolina Science Festival event. The Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina through a series of community-based events each April (hosted by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, parks, businesses, and other local organizations). For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.