Homeschool Day
October 8 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
This special weekday event is designed for homeschool families looking for an amazing field trip!
This event will resemble our weekend general admission hours, with even more educational activities! Your ticket includes access to the following activities:
- Estuary Exploration: Visit our brand-new exhibit and learn all about estuaries and the amazing plants and animals that live there!
- Institute Scavenger Hunt: Pick up a scavenger hunt handout at the front desk and find all the animals and objects to earn a prize!
- Storytime: Join us for educational story time with some of your favorite ocean stories!
- Discovery Pool: Say hello to our sea stars, urchins, and snails in our Discovery Pool touch tank!
- Shark Touch Tank: Say hello to our horn sharks, round rays, and guitarfish in our Shark Touch tank!
- Sailor’s Life Tours: Step aboard our historic tall ship, the Spirit of Dana Point, and learn about the life of a sailor in the 1800s!
- Maritime Village: Check out our amazing artifacts and hands-on activities!
- Schooling Fish Feeding: Watch as a member of our husbandry staff feeds our schooling fish and learn about these amazing animals!
- Snake Talk: Meet one of our live snakes and learn about their habits!
- And much more!
There will also be the following activities available for an additional fee:
- Whale and Marine Life Tour
- Adventure Sail
- Squid Dissections
Ticket Options
Kids: $12
Adults: $11
Family Four Pack: $45
Dissection Add-on: $5
Whale-Watching Add-On: $35*
Adventure Sail Add-On: $40*
*Includes admission to Homeschool Day
