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WorldStrides - 590 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300 - Charlottesville, VA 22911 -
www.worldstrides.com - 800-688-8584
SPLASH INTO SCIENCE
SAMPLE ITINERARY
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Group arrives in
Miami, FL and is met
by a WorldStrides
representative.
Everglades Safari
Park
Journey into the
Everglades and
experience this
unique environment
aboard a safari
airboat.
Hotel check-in
Orientation
Students are
welcomed by their
Course Leader and
given an overview of
some of the key
concepts they’ll
learn and
understand
throughout the
program.
Dinner
Everglades
National Park
Experience the only
subtropical preserve
in North America …
at night. Hear the
sounds of thousands
of birds, insects, and
reptiles that make
the everglades their
home.
Breakfast
Hotel check-out
Everglades
National Park
(cont’d)
Take a tram tour
through Shark Valley
(no, there aren’t any
sharks here), and
see alligators,
snakes, and
countless birds in
their natural habitat.
Lunch
Depart for Pigeon
Key
Pigeon Key
Students receive an
orientation to their
stay at Pigeon Key
and take a swim
assessment/safety
course.
Dinner
Evening Program:
Plankton ID Lab –
Learn how to identify
plankton by type and
phyla.
Reef Biodiversity –
Students learn the
characteristics of
each phylum,
preparing them to
distinguish between
the animals they will
see in the reef and
around Pigeon Key.
Overnight at Pigeon
Key
Breakfast
Pigeon Key (cont’d)
Reef Snorkel Trip -
Snorkel in National
Marine Sanctuary
home to spiny
lobsters, stone
crabs, and tropical
fish.
Lunch
Seagrass Ecology
– Students become
familiar with over 50
organisms
associated with this
area of the Keys.
Dinner
Explore the
island’s tide pools
(tides permitting)
Identify the
adaptations different
organisms have
made to help them
survive in a tide
pool.
Overnight at Pigeon
Key
Breakfast
Pigeon Key (cont’d)
Reef Snorkel Trip–
Snorkel the
spectacular offshore
reefs among the
elkhorn and brain
corals.
Lunch
Depart for Key Largo
Dinner
Evening Program:
Seawater
Chemistry – Test
and compare water
samples from
various sites for
salinity, nitrogen,
carbon dioxide, and
more.
Hotel check-in
Overnight in Key
Largo
Breakfast
Hotel check-out
Swim with
Dolphins!
Swim with these
playful creatures and
experience their
intelligence,
anatomy, social
structure, and
environmental
issues.
Lunch
Depart for Miami
Group departs
Miami, FL for home.
Note: Travel time from
different parts of the
country may modify
this itinerary
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