Mote Campers searched for marine wildlife during a recent day at camp.
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Katie Johns
| 11:01 a.m. July 22, 2016
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After impatiently listening to instructions, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium campers splashed into the water hoping to find a variety of marine wildlife.
It was all part of the “Sea Sleuths: Generation H2O” week- long camp. The camp, which is open to sixth through eighth graders, teaches campers about the history of the ocean. The campers explored the Sarasota Bay while snorkeling and skimming the shore with nets looking for marine wildlife such as shrimp, crab, and seahorses. Snorkeling is just one of the many activities the camp offers to its participants. Throughout the week, the sea sleuths enjoyed kayaking, boat excursions and experiments to better understand what past explorers hypothesized about the oceans.
There is one more session this summer that runs from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5. For more information call 388-444.
Mote staff member Jessica Devault gives Sea Sleuth campers instructions before they head out to snorkel.
Jordan Roche, Sophia Riesen, Maya Nalluri and Alex Layton, all 12
Kian Ahmadi, 10, and Ben Christen, 10
Charlie Reber, 11, looks for marine wildlife while snorkeling on the Sarasota Bay
Sophia Riesen, 12, and Jordan Roche, 12, snorkel during one of Mote’s various summer camps.
Kian Ahmadi, 10, holds a starfish he found while snorkeling.
Satya Byers, 10, snorkels during one of Mote’s various summer camps.
Cooper Couden, 12, looks for marine wildlife while snorkeling during Mote’s Sea Sleuths summer camp.
Cooper Couden, 12, David Connerton, 11, and Sterlin Mullins, 10 take a break from snorkeling.
Eloise Christen, 12, and Joseph Rogers, 12
Erin Kohler, 12, Sophia Riesen, 12, Jordan Roche, 12 and Kyra Hall, 14
Education intern Meg Simon gives instruction to campers before they skim the bay for marine wildlife.
Shoshannah Byers, 10, looks at what she caught while skimming the bay.
Cooper Couden, 12, Erin Kohler, 12, and Jordan Roche, 12, explore the bay while skimming the water.
Eloise Christen, 12, carefully brings her net toward shore to see what she caught.
Kian Ahmadi, 10, empties his net into a bucket so other campers can see what he caught.
Cooper Couden, 12, checks his net for marine wildlife.
Sterlin Mullins, 10, and intern Meg Simon check out the marine wildlife campers found while skimming the bay.
Mote staff member Jessica Devault helps campers empty their nets into buckets.
