Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc

Visitor services and marketing - the aquarium provides information and related services to visitors, students, researchers, scholars, and others interested in the aquarium's exhibits, programs, and other activities. In addition, the aquarium conducts broader efforts to communicate with the general public about marine life and oregon's coastal ecosystems, and promote the aquarium's educational programs and services.

Education and outreach - the aquarium offers onsite, online and outreach education programs, including virtual field trips and career explorations. The aquarium partners with lincoln county school district (lcsd) on an ocean literacy initiative - posting teacher resources with grade-specific lessons linked to national ocean literacy principles and oregon state standards. The aquarium has a youth volunteer program that trains summer interpreters and offers winter projects. The aquarium, in collaboration with lcsd, created a bilingual program for high school students that serves our growing latino community. Continued on schedule o.on-site, the aquarium facilitates behind-the-scenes tours and school field trips as well as a variety of added-value programs such as narrated pelican presentations. Funded by imls, the aquarium's educators use animal "ambassadors" to teach visitors about coastal wildlife, and instill empathy toward misunderstood species.