Education & Camps

A lifetime of Learning

Education is a top priority of Heal the Bay. Whether you visit our public, marine education center on a school field trip, attend a free evening lecture on a marine science related topic, send your budding young scientist to our Micro Biologist classes or bring a group to one of our school year education programs, you will leave the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium with a new sense of wonder and appreciation for the amazing marine life of the Santa Monica Bay.

Getting Started

The Aquarium is a premier field trip destination for school groups and an educational resource for the entire Los Angeles region. Located at the historic Santa Monica Pier, with the Pacific Ocean just outside its doors, we exhibit more than 100 species of plant and animal life native to the Santa Monica Bay.

The moray eels that are the centerpiece of the Rocky Reef exhibit greet each student; touch tanks teeming with animals of the tide pools – sea stars and sea urchins, anemones and hermit crabs, snails and sea cucumbers, to name a few - invite hands-in-the-water exploration; the majestic sea jelly exhibit beckons from an interactive pollution exhibit.

Our marine science center uses every square inch to support Heal the Bay’s mission and engage, inform and inspire conservation and stewardship. Students learn how they can help keep Southern California’s coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean.

Thank You Thursday - 11.29.12

Protecting the ocean for future generations is key to Heal the Bay’s mission. This week we’d like to thank surfer and musician Jack Johnson and The Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation for their unwavering support of our ocean protection init…
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3 Things to Do to Heal the Bay This Week

The cranberries from Thanksgiving dinner may all be consumed by now, but the spirit of giving thanks continues. This Tuesday, Heal the Bay is partnering with 92y.org’s Giving Tuesday campaign to help launch a national day of philanthropy. We're ask…
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Thank You Thursdays - 10.25.12

Seeing the Heal the Bay flag fly high gives us a “Zing!” feeling. There’s not much we enjoy more than sharing our message… except when others share it for us with equal enthusiasm.
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Rid Your Car of Goopy Old Motor Oil

You can help Heal the Bay simply by getting your next oil change through the Ford Community Changes program. Ford donates the cost of your next oil change toward our work protecting local waters from dangerous toxins.
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You Stood Up for Clean Water

On Friday, October 5, Heal the Bay supporters and staffers packed a Metropolitan Water District meeting room to lend our voices to the fight to keep strong stormwater protections in place throughout Southern California.
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What Type of Salmon Should You Eat?

October is National Seafood Month, and it's time to celebrate our favorite fishy foods, but also to reflect on how best to select the food we put on our plates. Each time we go to a supermarket or restaurant we are confronted with a choice about what…
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Free Eco-Activity Guide for Kids

It's never too early to learn about the importance of the ocean, but why not have fun while doing it?
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