Activites and Logistics

The things you do and the cost.

The cost

The total cost is $3000-3500, includes airfare, food, lodging, and transportation.

The Agenda

• Saturday 4/5: early evening 4/5: red-eye flight from SeaTac International Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida.
• Sunday 4/6: arrive in Fort Lauderdale, breakfast, drive to Everglades National Park for a 2-hour ranger-guided “Wet Walk,” lunch, check-in with MarineLab, orientation, swim test, lagoon snorkel, dinner, seagrass ecology discussion, and a zooplankton identification lab.
• Monday 4/7: breakfast, seagrass/mangrove ecology field trip, lunch, coral reef field trip and discussion, dinner, and microplastics and invertebrate diversity labs.
• Tuesday 4/8: breakfast, Nest Key seine net field trip, lunch, Rodriquez Key zonation field trip, dinner, reef fish identification, and night lagoon snorkel.
• Wednesday 4/9: breakfast, coral reef field trip #2, lunch, check out of MarineLab, drive to and visit The Turtle Hospital in Marathon Key, head to Key West for dinner and hotel.
• Thursday 4/10: breakfast, take a ferry to Dry Tortugas National Park, lunch, explore Key West, dinner, 2nd night in Key West.
• Friday 4/11: breakfast, drive to Biscayne National Park for a stand-up paddle board/kayak adventure, late lunch, fly home from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to SeaTac International Airport.

The animals

1. Sea turtles

• Sea turtles are amazing ocean animals known for being gentle and living a really long time. They have smooth, streamlined bodies and big flippers that help them swim easily in the ocean.

2. Dolphins

• Dolphins are smart, playful ocean mammals that use clicks and whistles to communicate. They swim fast, live in groups, and are loved for their friendly nature.

3. Coral

• Coral are tiny sea animals that live together in groups and build reefs. They come in many colors and shapes, making oceans beautiful and full of life.