Exhibition: SPLASH AND BUBBLES: DIVE IN, LEND A FIN!

Overview

Dive into the incredible world of ocean exploration in this early childhood STEM-based exhibit: Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin!, based on the Jim Henson Company and Herschend Entertainment Studios PBS KIDS TV series Splash and Bubbles.

Join Splash, Bubbles and the Reeftown Rangers to explore marine biology, ocean science and different ocean ecosystems. Learn how even small actions can create a big ripple to help protect our One Big Ocean!

In this immersive and educational exhibit, children can explore a sunken ship and learn the similarities and differences between artificial reef and real reefs. Guests will also have the opportunity to go on a treasure hunt and take a pledge to become a Reeftown Ranger. Visitors will be able to navigate the Kelp Forest and help keep it clean by collecting green algae from the “ocean floor!” They will also learn about bioluminescence in the Deep by creating their own glow-in-the-dark jellyfish and gazing upon a life-size 12 foot-wide Japanese Spider Crab.

We also invite you to interact with Splash and Bubbles puppet characters created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop in Reeftown. Children can dress up as a stingray or sea turtle to swim throughout the reef by learning fun “Fin Facts” at Flo’s School of Fish!

OTHER FUN & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

• Balance and stack colorful rocks
• Discover a variety of sharks
• Create a personalized shark hat
• Identify mysterious ocean animals
• Draw a fish and add it to a collaborative collage
• Camouflage Myshell the Crab with different coral