CILC Pinnacle Award for Virtual Learning Excellence Mote Marine Laboratory has once again been honored with a Pinnacle Award from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) for the 2024–2025 school year, recognizing...
Ready to connect your learners with Mote’s ocean experts? We use TidyCal.com to make scheduling easy. Here’s how to book your program and choose a payment option that works for you.Step 1: Choose How You Want to Book💳 Pay Now (Credit Card or Bank Tr...
FMNP at Mote visiting Celery Fields, 2023 FMNP Field Site Highlight: Celery Fields 🔭 🐦 One of our popular stops in the Florida Master Naturalist Program...
Meet the Awesome Axolotl 🌸🦎 With frilly gills and a face that seems to smile, the axolotl is one of the most captivating amphibians you'll ever meet. Unlike most salamanders, axolotls don’t outgrow their juvenile form, a rare trait known...
Mangrove trees aren’t just cool-looking, they’re coastal superheroes. With tangled roots and leafy branches, they create habitats, trap sediment, and protect shorelines. This week’s STEMventure invites you to build your own model mangrove tree and di...
Crawl into a STEM storybook about roly-polies, investigate invertebrates, and meet their crustacean cousins.We’re excited to introduce a brand-new addition to our SEA Me Read series: Next Time You See a Pill Bug, from NSTA Kids and written by Emily M...
Endless Oceans Online The ocean never stops changing, and neither should we. Mote’s Endless Oceans Online is a self-paced course, hosted in Google Classroom, designed for curious learners of all ages who want to dive into marine s...
Did you know Mote Marine Laboratory helped pioneer virtual learning long before Zooming was part of daily life? In 1986, Mote made a commitment to expand its K–12 education efforts. Just three years later, that vision came to life when Dr....
FMNP students at Myakka Headwaters Preserve Are you looking into taking an FMNP course to grow professionally? Whether you’re an educator, environmental interpreter, or a curious community member, the Florida Master Naturalist Prog...
Meet Schnitzel the Zebra Shark 🦓🦈 Schnitzel may be covered in spots, but he gets his name from the striped pattern zebra sharks have as juveniles. These stripes fade into spots as they grow older, which is why they are a...