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Teacher Workshop
August 9 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Calling all teachers!
Learn from an expert guest speaker and Ocean Institute staff as they share insights on the importance of experiential learning and how hands-on opportunities can transform student engagement and understanding across all subjects.
- Complimentary lunch
- Free General Admission after the workshop – explore our touch tanks, marine exhibits, and more at your own pace!
Keynote Speaker: JOEL ROBINSON
Director & Senior Naturalist, Naturalist For You
Joel is an experienced naturalist and guide, leading interpretive nature walks, restoring wildlife habitats, conducting biological surveys, and organizing environmental awareness classes, workshops, presentations and events for the public benefit since 2001. He has worked with The Nature Conservancy, the City of Santa Ana Parks & Recreation department, Inside the Outdoors, The Wildlands Conservancy, and California State Parks. His organization, Naturalist For You, brings hands-on environmental education to public agencies, schools, community groups, nonprofits, religious institutions, and businesses throughout Southern California. In his free time, he enjoys foraging wild foods, birding, barefooting, hiking and camping with his family and performing sea shanties in a pirate band.
