The Ocean Environment

The Ocean Environment lets visitors experience the remarkable and limitless diversity of the world that lies beneath the sea.

Using hands-on activities, visitors learn about the physical properties of the ocean such as buoyancy,pressure, density, heat transfer, light, sound, salinity, and oxygen. A microscope with slides of sea creatures such as starfish and diatoms lets children and adults see some of the fascinating creatures which make up the web of life in the ocean.

The exhibit includes a video of the mysterious black smokers and tube worms from the Juan de Fuca Ridge 300 miles from the coast of Washington State.