SAMPLE ITINERARY
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Group arrives in Miami, FL and is met by a WorldStrides representative.
Hotel check-in
Orientation Students are welcomed by their Course Leader and participate in a Mix-n-Match activity that introduces the program and educational topics: Waves and Water Energy and Ecosystems Atmospheric Cycles Marine Life Environmental Interactions Marine Careers
Dinner
Everglades Nat’l Park Swamp Sounds Lab Experience the only subtropical preserve in North America … at night. Study the different types of waves (sound, seismic, water, and light) and sonar technology while listening to the sounds of thousands of birds, insects, and reptiles that make the Everglades their home.
Evening Program: Common Grounds Teamwork is the key as students solve stimulating brainteasers that focus on the marine life students will observe throughout the program.
Overnight in the Everglades
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Breakfast
Hotel check-out
Everglades Nat’l Park Shark Valley Take a tram tour through Shark Valley (no, there aren’t any sharks here), and identify alligators, snakes, and countless birds in their natural habitat.
Everglades Safari Park Airboat Adventure Journey into the Everglades and study the hardwood hammock and Florida mangrove environments aboard a safari airboat.
Lunch
Depart for Key Largo
Hotel check-in
Dinner
Evening Program: Moons and Masks Lab Students practice snorkeling and water safety during an interactive program in the swimming pool while learning about the atmosphere and weather cycles.
Overnight in Key Largo |
Breakfast
Reef Snorkel Trip Rockin’ Reefs Snorkel the spectacular offshore reefs and see thousands of brilliantly colored tropical fish and coral. Study the concepts of plate tectonics and carbon dating and the geochemical properties of sea water.
Lunch
The Turtle Hospital Rescue, Rehabilitate, Release Go behind the scenes at this world-class sea turtle hospital. Students examine x-rays, learn about conservation efforts, and feed rescued sea turtles as they study the diversity of marine life.
Dinner
Island Dolphin Care Center Survivor Get prepped for your dolphin swim while learning about different trophic levels of marine ecosystems and the interdependence of organisms in marine environments.
Overnight in Key Largo |
Breakfast
Garden Cove Kayak Trip Mangrove Mystery Students kayak through four different Floridian habitats as they study different ways in which organisms interact and depend on one another through food chains within these different ecosystems.
Lunch
Swim with Dolphins! Dolphin Diversity Swim with these playful creatures and study their anatomy and physiology and marine animal behavior patterns. Practice classification principles and discover how internal structures serve to help animals survive and adapt in different conditions or environments.
Dinner
Evening Program: The Search for Atlantis The impact of human interaction on environments culminates in an activity that combines teams and clues in search of “lost” environments. Students will successfully translate notes and map clues to locate the new “life source” and revive the lost ecosystem.
Overnight in Key Largo
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Breakfast
Hotel check-out
Reef Snorkel Trip Walkin’ the Plank Experience a second snorkeling adventure and participate in a fun, interactive challenge of wits to determine how much was learned during the program.
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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