BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ocean Institute - ECPv5.15.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ocean Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oceaninstitute.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ocean Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20260101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T150000 DTSTAMP:20260702T063743 CREATED:20260122T163208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T190230Z UID:62770-1775642400-1775660400@oceaninstitute.org SUMMARY:Homeschool Day DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n Homeschool Day\n  \nOcean Institute is excited to offer Homeschool Days! These special weekday events are designed for homeschool families looking for an amazing field trip!\nThese events resemble our weekend general admission hours\, with even more educational activities! New activities will  be offered at each event\, along with these standard offerings:\n  \n\nEstuary Exploration: Visit our brand-new exhibit and learn all about estuaries and the amazing plants and animals that live there!\nStorytime: Join us for educational story time with some of your favorite ocean stories!\n\n\nDiscovery Pool: Say hello to our sea stars\, urchins\, and snails in our Discovery Pool touch tank!\nShark Touch Tank: Say hello to our horn sharks\, round rays\, and guitarfish in our Shark Touch tank!\nSailor’s Life Tours: Step aboard our historic tall ship\, the Spirit of Dana Point\, and learn about the life of a sailor in the 1800s!\nMaritime Village: Check out our amazing artifacts and hands-on activities!\nSchooling Fish Feeding: Watch as a member of our husbandry staff feeds our schooling fish and learn about these amazing animals!\nSnake Talk: Meet one of our live snakes and learn about their habits!\nAnd much more!\n\n\n\nWe also offer the following activities for an additional fee:\n\nWhale and Marine Life Tour\nSquid Dissections\nGold Panning\nLeather Branding\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Ticket Options\n \n \n \n \n \n Kids: $12\nAdults: $11\nFamily Four Pack: $45\nDissection Add-on: $5 \nLeather Branding Add-on: $5\nWhale-Watching Add-On: $35*\n*Includes admission to Homeschool Day\n \n Tickets URL:https://oceaninstitute.org/event/homeschool-day-8/2026-04-08/ CATEGORIES:Homeschool Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260408T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260408T200000 DTSTAMP:20260702T063743 CREATED:20260224T214035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T214117Z UID:63725-1775671200-1775678400@oceaninstitute.org SUMMARY:Distinguished Speaker Series: Emily Martin DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Ocean Institute’s Distinguished Speaker Series\, presented by the Nicholas Endowment\, brings interesting innovations\, real-world research\, exotic experiences\, and delightful discoveries to the surface through powerful presentations from an ocean of experts. Speakers present on a variety of topics ranging from ocean researchers\, ocean authors\, ocean artists\, and ocean athletes. \nLight snacks & Refreshments available for purchase at event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Distinguished Speaker: Emily Martin\n \n \n \n \n \n Description: \nSome of the most important life in a lake is nearly invisible. Zooplankton are small animals that drift through the water\, sustaining a foundation of mountain lake food webs. Even though they are small\, they serve critical functions\, such as eating algae and being eaten by fish. \nIn this talk\, Emily will introduce zooplankton and explain why they matter. She will share how the introduction of sport fish has changed zooplankton communities in Sierra Nevada lakes that were once fishless. She will also discuss how environmental conditions influence which species can survive in these sensitive mountain lakes. \nIn addition\, Emily will share what it means to be a mountain lake ecologist. She will describe a “day in the life” of conducting alpine fieldwork\, including backpacking into remote wilderness areas to collect samples\, performing research in rugged mountain environments\, and using the tools and equipment of the trade\, from plankton nets and water samplers to data loggers. By looking closely at small organisms\, we can gain a clearer picture of the big environmental changes happening in our beloved mountain lakes and what those changes might mean for the future of these freshwater ecosystems. \n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday\, April 8 \n6:00pm – 8:00pm \nDoors open at 5:30pm\, talk begins at 6:00pm \n$10  – General \nFREE – Members \nFREE – Students (with Valid ID) \n  \n \n Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Emily: \n\n\n\n\nEmily Martin (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in the Symons Lab at the University of California\, Irvine. She studies mountain lakes in the Sierra Nevada and is interested in how environmental change affects the food webs within them. Her research focuses on how introduced fish and the environment are reshaping lake communities. By combining fieldwork in beautiful high-elevation lakes with experiments in the lab\, she works to better understand how biodiversity supports lake functioning. She is passionate about making science accessible\, creative\, and engaging for everyone. URL:https://oceaninstitute.org/event/distinguished-speaker-series-emily-martin/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oceaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Emily-Martin-Portrait-square.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR