Bats Are Featured in MDC’s October Lecture
Native Bats will be the focus of Marine Discovery Center’s October Discovery Lecture Series. Ariel Horner (pictured below), a board member of the Florida Bat Conservancy, will be the guest presenter on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m., in MDC’s Learning Lab. If you have...
Special MDC Lecture: Experiencing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Have you ever wondered what is being done to clean up the large collection of trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? That will be the focus of a special-topic presentation in September for our Discovery Lecture Series. Tenille Maher will present “Journey to the...
From the Water to the Welcome Desk, Jackie Creedon Dives In
You might meet Marine Discovery Center volunteer Jackie Creedon at the Welcome Desk, or learn about the animals in the tanks in the exhibit area when she works there as a docent, or spend time with her as a kayak-tour sweep on MDC’s kayak eco-tours. The Pennsylvania...
MDC’s September Lecture Features Sounds of Nature
“Creating Space for the Sounds of Nature” will be the focus of Marine Discovery Center’s September Discovery Lecture Series. Eve Payor, Community Arts Director for Atlantic Center for the Arts, will be the guest presenter on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. Payor is a...
Former High School Site Offers Reunion for Teacher, Students
By Lisa D. Mickey A lot has changed on the grounds of 520 Barracuda Boulevard in a little over two decades. Chad Truxall, then a rookie science teacher in his 20s, launched his career in education in 1999 and taught at New Smyrna Beach High School for five years at...
Family Bonding at MDC Includes Making Volcanoes Together
By Lisa D. Mickey At Marine Discovery Center, they are affectionately called “the Volcano family.” And for good reason. That’s because the pursuit of a family activity at MDC turned into a family passion to create the non-plastic material utilized by MDC’s...
Promoting Paradise and Removing a Parking Lot
With an opportunity to reverse decades of paving over paradise to put up a parking lot, Marine Discovery Center (MDC), along with community partners and local enthusiasts, will remove a large area of impervious pavement, reshape the shoreline, and convert the...
Patty Walker Brings 30 Years of Teaching Experience to MDC
Patty McClanahan Walker was born in Virginia, grew up in Eastern Kentucky and ended up in Florida, where she taught elementary school for 30 years. Walker was the 2011 Osceola School District Teacher of the Year and the 2008 Bellalago Academy “Just Read Florida!...
MDC’s Marine Habitat Restoration Class Travels to Keys
By Lisa D. Mickey Seeing is believing and adult students in Marine Discovery Center’s Marine Habitat Restoration class got that opportunity recently when they traveled to the Florida Keys for field studies. Offered by MDC for the third year as a special topics class...
Sea Turtle Nesting Season is Here!
Our mission at Marine Discovery Center is to protect and restore Florida's coastal ecosystems, which are home to an incredible diversity of wildlife - including sea turtles! While turtles are often seen popping their heads up for a breath offshore or even in the...
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