This year’s Summer SLAM (Summer Learning Adventure Modules) program was delivered using the Conservancy’s Learning Adventure Bus through a hands-on, engaging experience studying the importance of mangroves in our Florida ecosystems.
Participants explored these habitats through our touch table game learning about how animals use mangroves for protection. They also demonstrated how water flow from storm surge can affect us as humans on land while mangroves assist in protecting our homes, businesses, and land from these dangerous storms.
To combine everything they learned in the mobile classroom, participants enjoyed an outdoor relay race where they became ocean creatures that must receive their basic needs without being caught by a predator which inspired them to craft their own unique mangrove ecosystem. Overall, the program blended education and fun with interactive learning to gain a better understanding of these important ecosystems.