Combine labs, demos and field trips to reinforce learning and fun.
- Animal Encounter – Get to know the creatures that help keep the balance of marine and coastal ecosystems everywhere. Dive in as you explore marine invertebrates along the Florida coast.
- Aquarius Journey – Take the conservation journey underwater with a biology lab that features Mission Inspire curriculum and focuses on a variety of issues that impact marine life.
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- Explore Aquarius Reef Base – Take a virtual tour of the Aquarius Reef Base and see how such a small space can be so dynamic.
- Discover Mantis Shrimp vision – Learn about how Aquarius Reef Base has allowed researchers to make discoveries about the visible spectrum of light available to these creatures and about the different ways this has been used in bioengineering and biomedical fields.
- Create a food chain mobile – Whether close to home or a world away, build your own example of the delicate balance that an ecosystem needs to be sustained.
Discover real FIU research and community engagement efforts.
- Institute of Environment – A comprehensive solutions center, we are dedicated to combating environmental crises that devastate ecosystems, disrupt communities and destroy natural resources.
- Researchers across the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Earth and Environment contribute to developing new knowledge in this area. Explore their work.
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