![]() ![]() In describing the process, Michael Moore, Special Advisor for Mote Marine elaborated. The challenges of funding a world-class facility of this nature are considerable. “I think most of our exciting work we do is in coral reef restoration in the Florida keys, Turkey and the Carribean,” said Bebak, “we’re working with scientists around the world to grow these more resilient genotypes of corral and repopulate some of the damaged reef tracts that have been impacted by ocean acidification, temperature changes, and different diseases.” Mote is Building a World Class Research Facility Expanding their conservation research is critical to their mission. With resources and laboratories dedicated to workforce development, the excitement of expansion is focused on the educational benefits Mote SEA will offer the Sarasota community.Ī large reason for the growth of the facility has to do with what is happening in our oceans and Mote’s researchers are right on the front lines. The three new STEM labs will be focused on Marine Ecology and Ocean Technology, while the third will deal with Bio Medical research. We’re going to have three interactive classes there hosting about 70,000 students every year to make use of those research laboratories totally free of charge,” said Bebak. The concept was to build a new state of the art facility focusing not only on the public exhibits, but on STEM education. In our City Island campus here, we are literally out of room. “The impetetus for the new Science Education Aquarium is tied to the growth of research. Other resident animals, such as sea turtles and river otters which are cared for by the trained staff and volunteers of the facility.Įmphasis on STEM and Workforce Development ![]() The aquarium portion of the currently facility displays more than 100 marine species including sharks, manatees, sea turtles, seahorses, rays, skates, and invertebrates including cuttlefish, octopuses, sea jellies, anemones, and corals. Mote desire and some scientists at the time, to talk to the public about the research that the laboratory was doing and put a public face on our research.” and Director of Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory, “the interest in the aquarium concept grew out of William R. “We are first and foremost a Marine research science laboratory,” said Dan Bebak, V.P. ![]() Science Education Aquarium a Boon For Sarasota Community We were excited to learn more about the project and interviewed Michael Moore and Dan Bebak at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium along with Vito Mariano, President of Basecrete Technologies who has been consulting on the waterproofing aspects of the project. Mote SEA will be used to support their expanding scientific and technology programs, and expanded research facilities. More than 65,000 children from Sarasota and Manatee counties will benefit from Mote SEA’s interactive state-of-the-art STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teaching labs and free educational programming. The new Mote SEA facility which broke ground in October of 2020 and is projected to open in early 2023, is part of a $130 million dollar facility planned for the region. For the general public, study is interpreted through a public aquarium and related education programs. The laboratory’s mission is to enhance marine science and education while also promoting marine conservation and sustainability. ![]()
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