The Ocean Adventure
Wayne & Karen Brown
Marine Biologist / Educator
Underwater Photographers
"In the presentation you teach students so much that our books and experience can't...I've enjoyed all the years you've presented. I look forward to many years of dives and adventures' with you!"
Cindy Beebe, Village Meadows School, Phoenix, AZ
Wayne & Karen Brown: A knowledgeable, articulate and enthusiastic husband and wife team with over twenty years of experience as naturalists, marine conservationists, diving educators, resort operators and award-winning photographers. Their diving expeditions have taken them around the world studying and documenting the marine environment and the creatures that inhabit the ocean realm, from the most innocuous to the most dangerous.
As a marine biologist Wayne started The Ocean Adventure presentations to bring the ocean to young audiences in school classrooms by reliving his actual underwater expeditions. Karen joined Wayne to expand the scope of The Ocean Adventure and present the female perspective to underwater exploration and discovery.
Description of programs:
The Australia Great Barrier Reef Expedition: (Topic: Coral Reefs)
Visit the largest living organism on earth and the home of Nemo (from the hit movie Finding Nemo)...Australia's Great Barrier Reef! Witness corals giving birth. Meet Nemo's frends that call the Great Barrier Reef home, from the docile to the dangerous.
The Australia Great White Shark Expedition: (Topic: Sharks)
Come face-to-face with a 15 foot long, 3,000 pound great white shark! Find out the facts versus the fantasies as we study great white sharks in South Australia.
The Belize Rainforest to Reef Expedition: (Topic: Rainforest and Coral Reefs)
Learn how rainforests and coral reefs are important for animals and people as we visit the Central American country of Belize. See the diversity of the plants and animals in both ecological systems. Come face-to-face with sharks and crocodiles!
The Crystal River Florida Manatee Expedition: (Topic: Manatees)
Get nose-to-nose with a 10 foot long, 2,000 pound Flordia manatee! Learn how these animals are adapted to their environment, why they are endangered and what you can do to help prevent their extinction.
The Silver Bank Humpback Whale Expedition: (Topic: Whales)
Meet a 20 foot long, baby humpback whale! Join us on a voyage to the world's largest humpback whale breeding grounds...the Silver Bank, near the Caribbean Sea.
The Island of the Blue Dolphins Expedition: (Topic: Kelp Forests)
Visit the island from the book, The Island of the Blue Dolphins. Tour underwater around the island and meet the marine inhabitants. Learn why the kelp forests around this island are an important natural resource.
The Caribbean Sea Expedition: (Topic: Animal Adaptations)
Visit the island from the book, The Cay. Investigate a colorful Caribbean reef fish community. See the humorous and interesting tricks fish use in the underwater game of survival. Come face-to-face with sharks and moray eels.
The Russian Kuril Islands Expedition: (Topic: Volcanoes)
Join Wayne as he becomes the first Westerner to explore the Kuril Islands. Discover the secrets of these mysterious islands. Meet the animals and Russian people who call these remote islands home. Dive in an underwater volcano!
Grades: preK-8
Instructional Materials Included: Teacher's Guide and Student Workbook included
Other: Family Fun Night programs • Internet Expeditions
CONTACT:
The Ocean Adventure
Wayne and Karen Brown
5272 Thorn Tree Lane • Irvine, CA 92612
(800) 760-6089 • (949) 786-4484
E-mail: programs@theoceanadventure.com
Web Site: www.theoceanadventure.com