Sponsored Education Programs

Pretend City Diorama (2009)

Urban runoff is considered the single greatest source of pollution in our oceans. Unfortunately, no one is exempt from responsibility; we all contribute to the problem, since urban runoff is a direct result of the actions we take in our own watersheds.

In order to help illustrate our personal role in contributing to urban runoff, Miocean has pledged to fund a full-scale educational experience in partnership with Pretend City, The Children's Museum.

Plans call for building an urban watershed working model as part of the Pretend City Diorama, which each year will help up to 150,000 children ages 2-8 experience enhanced interaction and educational experiences.

Wyland Foundation Clean Water Mobile Classroom (2008)

Urban runoff is considered the single greatest source of pollution in our oceans and is a direct result of the actions we make in our own watersheds.

Miocean partnered with marine life artist Wyland to sponsor a 53-foot mobile classroom with touch-friendly interactive exhibits, in a unique educational setting that unites art and science with a focus on clean water issues and watersheds.

The mobile classroom, which travels to schools and special events throughout Southern California, was especially designed to educate children in grades 4-7, and accommodates up to 300 students per day. An estimated 6,000 students experience this unique learning program each year.

SIO Birch Aquarium Watershed Pilot Project (2009)

Urban runoff is considered the single greatest source of pollution in our oceans and is a direct result of the actions we make in our own watersheds. Unfortunately, ocean pollution does not stop at municipal borders.

Miocean is collaborating with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to extend its successful Orange County Ocean Institute educational model into San Diego. The Watershed Pilot project, featuring a "watershed educational experience," will be provided for elementary/middle school students at San Diego schools that are under-represented in the sciences.

More than 420 upper elementary students from 4 local schools will participate in the pilot project, which focuses on "hands on" interactive learning modules with follow-up assessments and activities related to watershed protection. Miocean also will support the further expansion of this into additional San Diego-area schools.