##Registration for upgrading your experience with TEKS based Educational Programing is OPEN! The calendar on this page showcases dates and times available.

• Please email AQKEeducation@Ldry.com if you have any questions.

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HOME SCHOOL DAY – OCT 2

Homeschooled students and their families are invited for an educational day at the Aquarium and Kemah Boardwalk! This is a special day to learn more about our animals and explore the wonders of the aquatic world. Keeper Chats, Scavenger Hunts and a Conservation Station with purchase of Stingray Reef Admission. Enjoy Keeper Chats, Scavenger Hunts and a Conservation Station. The activities take place in our Stingray Reef.

Tickets purchased on-site the day of the event will be charged at full price. (Entry $6.99 / Value Pass $8.50 Includes Reef entry and fish food)

Included with purchase of Admission to Stingray Reef:

Exhibit Keepers Chats:

Archerfish Enrichment! @ 2:30pm. (Approx. 15 minutes in duration)

Education Station featuring reptiles:

Learn the differences between Alligators and Crocodiles! Enjoy Exhibit Scavenger Hunts! (1pm-4pm)

Special Guest Vendor:

Evelyn Meador Public Library's "Little Library."

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UPGRADE YOUR ADVENTURE!

Discover what it takes to be a Marine Biologist for a Day!

Join us at the Aquarium during any of our special events and upgrade your visit! This is a Kemah Boardwalk-wide event, homeschoolers and their families will receive discounted rates! We are now giving guests, friends and families the chance to upgrade their experiences with a 5 hour long day camp program, Marine Biologist for a Day! Upgrade prices below include your entry admission to Stingray Reef & Exhibits!

• Marine Biologist for a Day!

Marine Biologist for a Day! $39.99 (Ages 6-17)

Drop off your child for the day *(or join them) to see if they have what it takes to become a Marine Biologist! Participants will spend a day behind the scenes, where all the science-in-action takes place. Experience close encounters with aquatic species from the deep sea to the shallow reef and everywhere in between. They will even get to dissect a squid!

Included:

• T-Shirt
• Scavenger Hunt
• Exhibit Tour
• Stingray Reef Feeding
• Water Testing Lab work
• Lunch in the Aquarium Restaurant
• Squid Dissection
• Close up Animal Encounters & Enrichment
• Meet a Biologist

Rates

$39.99 per Child

Duration

5 Hours, 9am-2pm

Guidelines

• Ages 6-17
• Two (2) week notice is recommended for best availability.

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Note: Email AQKEeducation@Ldry.com for booking & more info.

Know Before You Go / Programs & Tours:

PLEASE READ BEFORE BOOKING

• The calendar on this page showcases dates and times available. • Space is limited, advanced online reservations are required and are served on a first come, first served basis. • Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your educational program to allow for parking to ensure your experience to the fullest extent possible at your programs start time. The program spaces are utilized at various durations throughout the day and cannot be extended beyond your scheduled time. • Check-in for programs and tours is located at the entrance of the Nautilus Ballroom located on the 3rd floor. • To begin your tour/program, meet in the Aquarium Restaurant in the Nautilus Ballroom with the group at the start time after checking in. • No outside food or beverages are allowed. • We are not responsible for any lost or stolen items the duration of the program. • *Join your child for the program: *(optional) Due to space constraints in the classroom space, only 1 Adult Chaperone will be admitted to the program free of charge. Additional adults can enjoy the aquarium while their students are in the class. Siblings and strollers are not allowed in the program. Does not include lunch. • We will need a minimum of 10 participants to run each program, if the programing does not reach this minimum, you will be contacted and full refunds will be processed if necessary.