School Programs
Dive into science with one of our school programs. From whale watching to squid dissections, we offer a variety of programs that correlate to State (HCPS) and National (NSES) standards.
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 Super Fun at our Ocean Science Discovery Center!
Summer 2006
Ocean Discovery Day Camp
Ocean Adventure Camp
Daily and multi-day programs; ideal for kids who are visiting Maui!
Click here for Camp Flyer and Enrollment Form)
Moonlight Tidepool Exploration
See what comes out in the tidepools after dark! Explore South Maui tidepools by the light of a full moon, with marine educators from Ocean Science Discovery Center. Recommended for kids ages 6 to 12.
Whalewatches for Schools Program
Just $5 will send a schoolchild on an educational whalewatch this season! Please support Pacific Whale Foundation's "Whalewatches for Schools" Program. Your donation will help us provide free or low cost whalewatches and other environmental programs for school classes on Maui. It's easy: Click here now to donate!
Our "Sea Wees" Program has returned!
 Inside Ocean Science Discovery Center
Enter the Ocean Science Discovery Center and you'll find a self-guided exhibit area with hands-on activities for adults and children; informational displays, marine artifacts and free educational literature about the ocean.
Inside are two "Discovery Laboratories" where school groups get direct experience with an array of equipment, including compound microscopes, microbiological water test equipment, incubators, a weather station and more. The Ocean Science Discovery Center also has equipment for student use in the field, such as salinity refractometers, beach profiling gear and Secchi disks.
Presenters, teachers and students can create their own presentations using audiovisual equipment, computers, overhead projectors, mounted digital projectors, projection screens and computer/Power Point projectors.
An onsite library offers research papers, journals, publications, and video, DVD and audiotapes about the ocean, as well as Internet access to marine information. It's open to the public, so anyone can access it easily.
Because Ocean Science Discovery Center is adjacent to Maui Ocean Center and Ma‘alaea Harbor, we offer programs that link laboratory, schoolroom, cultural experiences and field trips on the "floating laboratory" boats owned by Pacific Whale Foundation.
Interdisciplinary learning at Ocean Science Discovery Center
 After a field trip on Pacific Whale Foundation’s stable, high-tech catamarans, students come back to the lab at Ocean Science Discovery Center to analyze the samples they've collected, compile the information on the computer and perhaps communicate the results and their ideas for marine conservation with classes on other islands via high-speed Internet access or video conferencing.
For teachers, Ocean Science Discovery Center provides special workshops and professional development opportunities. For Maui visitors and residents, the Ocean Science Discovery Center offers a variety of displays, activities, talks, video presentations and programs that promote lifelong learning and long-term stewardship of Hawaii's marine environment.
Building on 25 years of marine education programs
 Ocean Science Discovery Center is an expansion of the award-winning marine education programs of Pacific Whale Foundation that have served more than one million visitors since 1980. In addition, Pacific Whale Foundation's marine education programs reach out to 10,000 Maui schoolchildren each year.
The Pacific Whale Foundation is a non-profit IRS 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Donations to the Ocean Science Discovery Center capital campaign are tax deductible to the extent allowed by U.S. law.
For more information call 1-800-942-5311 or e-mail us at info@osdcmaui.org
You may also write to us at 300 Maalaea Drive, Suite 211, Wailuku, HI 96793
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