Decades of experience rescuing and rehabilitating stranded marine mammals have placed The Marine Mammal Center at the forefront of marine mammal rehabilitation, scientific inquiry and education. The main content themes of The Center's Education Department programs and teacher resources are; marine mammal natural history, conservation (including human interaction), the unique work of The Center as a marine mammal hospital, the California sea lions at PIER 39 in San Francisco and marine science careers.

We are in the process of revising and updating our teacher resources, including activities to enhance your curriculum, background information about our main content themes, and suggested references for further exploration. For teachers in California, our programs' correlations to the California State Academic Standards will also be available online. Please bookmark our web site and take advantage of our existing resources or email us with your questions at edu@tmmc.org.

If your school is located within our rescue range (coastal counties from Mendocino to San Luis Obispo) or if your class will be visiting the San Francisco Bay Area check out our group programs.

For brief natural history descriptions of significant marine mammal species go to marine mammal information.

Activities to enhance your curriculum:
Blubber Experiment
Blubber vs Buoyancy
Clean the Oiled Otter
Eat Like a Whale
How Much Can an Entangled California Sea Lion Eat?
Life-Sized Marine Mammal Roll-Outs
Marine Mammals on a Rope
Mom and Pup Sound Activity
Raisin Reasoning Extension - Stranded Marine Mammals
Activity Sheets