Virtual Education Programs
MDC Virtual Education Programs
Join the MDC staff for a variety of online virtual programming all about the Indian River Lagoon! From animals and plants to conservation science research and beyond, we’ve got programs that the whole family will enjoy.
Virtual Public Lectures
Each month we highlight a different topic and invite an expert guest speaker as a way to educate our community. In 2020-21 we held our monthly public lectures in a virtual setting. In 2022 we are moving back to an in-person format but will continue to film the lectures and post them here as an archive.
Public Lectures
Invasive Species of Florida
April 16, 2020
Coyotes
August 20, 2020
Right Whales
January 21, 2021
Bird Migration
April 15, 2021
Florida's Springs
July 15, 2021
Sea Turtle Conservation
October 21, 2021
Migratory Birds
February 17, 2022
Timucua of Volusia County
May 19, 2022
Bird Walks at MDC
May 21, 2020
Florida Weather Myths
September 17, 2020
Horseshoe Crabs and Human Health
February 18, 2021
Honey Bees
May 20, 2021
Diamondback Terrapins
August 19, 2021
2021: A Year in Review at MDC
November 18, 2021
NSB Coastal History
March 17, 2022
Giant Ground Sloth
July 21, 2022
Public Lecture: Climate Change & Coastal Resilience
July 16, 2020
Seahorse Research
October 15, 2020
Microplastics in the IRL
March 18, 2021
Manatees in the IRL
June 17, 2021
Seagrass
September 16, 2021
Right Whales
January 20, 2022
Otters
April 21, 2022
Virtual Florida Master Naturalist Program
The Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) is an adult education UF/IFAS Extension program developed by the University of Florida and provided by many Extension offices and participating organizations throughout the state of Florida. FMNP training will benefit persons interested in learning more about Florida’s environment or wishing to increase their knowledge for use in education programs as volunteers, employees, ecotourism guides, and others.
Marine Discovery Center teaches the core Coastal module twice a year as well as several special topics throughout the year.
Traditionally these courses are taught in-person, but due to the restrictions brought about by COVID-19 we are implementing online-only and hybrid versions of our core and special topics.
Coming soon…
There are no online or hybrid courses available for registration at this time.
Please check back soon!
Past Webinars
In Spring of 2020 MDC began a series of webinars to help engage the community while we all physically distanced and quarantined. Our Little Lessons were geared towards children in Pre-K – 2nd grade and were a combination of Facebook Live storytime sessions and webinars. Our Coastal Connections series showed viewers what MDC staff and volunteers do to protect and restore the vital habitats of the Indian River Lagoon and included topics that ranged from creature features and microplastics research to the plants and animals of shoreline restoration work and more.
While we no longer offer our Little Lessons and Coastal Connections webinars, we hope you will enjoy the recordings of these past programs.
Little Lessons
Marvelous Mollusks
April 8, 2020
Splendid Spinies
April 29, 2020
Jazzy Jellies
April 15, 2020
Stupendous Sea Turtles
May 13, 2020
Extraordinary Earth Day
April 22, 2020
Coastal Connections
All About Ecotones
April 9, 2020
Discover Estuaries
April 28, 2020
Virtual Marsh Walk
May 14, 2020
Horseshoe Crabs
May 21, 2020
Microplastics Galore!
April 10, 2020
Birds of the Salt Marsh
April 30, 2020
Mangrove Madness
April 16, 2020
Oh C.R.A.P.
April 14, 2020
Marsh Succulents
April 23, 2020
Oysters
May 7, 2020
Virtual Boat Tour
May 28, 2020
Our Mission:
"To protect our coastal ecosystems through education, conservation, and exploration"