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TYLER: PERCHED ALONGSIDE THE 
RESTLESS PACIFIC OCEAN IS THE

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MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM...

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BESIDES A MAJOR TOURIST 
ATTRACTION,

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IT'’S ALSO REGARDED AS A GLOBAL 
LEADER IN OCEAN RESEARCH

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AND CONSERVATION.

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Child: Oh my gosh!

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Katy: The Monterey Bay Aquarium 
from its founding has really

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valued education.

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And so we have a really large 
education division.

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Teacher: Yeah, we eat different 
foods alright.

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TYLER: SINCE 1984, THE AQUARIUM 
HAS BEEN OFFERING EDUCATIONAL

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PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN 
PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12TH GRADE...

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PROVIDING EVERYTHING 
FROM AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

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TO GUIDED FIELD TRIPS

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Katy: They would get a 
facilitated experience

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that was about an hour long, 
where they

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get to interact with animals, do 
some really cool science, and

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then they'’d be able to explore 
the aquarium on their own.

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[Girl laughs]

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Katy: All of our 
education programs are free

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because we don'’t want that to be 
a barrier for students accessing

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the aquarium.

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TYLER: BUT ALL OF THAT CHANGED 
IN MARCH 2020

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KION News Segment: We'’re back 
with a special news report.

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium is one 
the most recognized tourist

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attractions in the country but 
even they are not immune to the

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pandemic and now hoping for a 
better tomorrow.

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TYLER: THE AQUARIUM WAS FORCED 
TO CLOSE ITS DOORS TO VISITORS.

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BUT THE STAFF CONTINUES TO CARRY 
ON THE INSTITUTE'’S MISSION

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Katy: What we knew was that we 
wanted to continue connecting

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with students and we wanted to 
continue engaging with students

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TYLER: KATY SCOTT HAS BEEN THE 
FORCE BEHIND BUILDING THE

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AQUARIUM'’S ROBUST ONLINE 
CURRICULUM - AND HAS MADE IT

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POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO 
EXPERIENCE THE AQUARIUM FROM

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THEIR HOMES, BY PROVIDING ONLINE 
COURSES AND VIRTUAL TOURS

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Katy: Teachers can sign up for a 
field trip, via our website

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and their students and get a 
45 minute zoom session live

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with an educator.

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So my name is Katy and 
I'’m a teacher at Monterey Bay

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aquarium and I'’m so excited to 
have you here today.

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TYLER: ON THIS DAY, FOURTH 
GRADERS FROM ROCKLIN UNIFIED

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SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE 
PARTICIPATING IN A VIRTUAL FIELD

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TRIP LED BY KATY, AND HER 
COLLEAGUE, CORINA...

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Corina: Zach would 
you like to share?

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Zach: The hermit crab has a 
shell protecting it.

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Zack: I liked all of it.

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It was super cool and learning 
these new creatures that I had

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no idea that you could 
even find in tide pools.

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Katy: If you touch a sea 
cucumber,

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it feels like playdough.

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Those spikes are not hard at 
all. They'’re squishy.

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Student: That is going to gross 
my mom out.

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Katy: (laughs) I bet, yes.

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Katy: We'’ve also started to 
offer online courses for

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students from preschool to 12th 
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Katy: They're also designed to 
get kids thinking about the

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outdoors and if possible going 
into the outdoors.

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Instructor: Now that you'’ve 
practiced your sea otter

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observing skills, it'’s time to 
use them.

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Have fun observing otter 
spotters.

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Student: I see a dove!

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Katy: Maybe they'’re going into 
their backyard or if they don't

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have a backyard, maybe they're 
taking a walk around our

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neighborhood and they're looking 
for animals in that space,

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whether they be birds or ants or 
anything.

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And they're taking data on those 
animals that they find.

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We'’re asking students to think 
like scientists and do the same

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types of things scientists do.

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Katy: Can you hold 
up your illustrations

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so I can see what 
you drew there?

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Oh! Naomi'’s got two views. 
Whoo!

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Y'’all are some good scientific 
illustrators.

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Rebecca: They really bring it 
down to a very cohesive

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level for the students to maybe 
be able to understand some

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pretty complex concepts about 
science and conservation.

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Katy: Climate change is 
definitely a challenge.

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That'’s a challenge for animals 
wherever they live, right?

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Rebecca: Conservation is 
extremely important for I

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believe my students to learn 
because they'’re really

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our legacy.

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TYLER: AND THAT MESSAGE IS 
GETTING ACROSS TO STUDENTS

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Zack: If you just like sit 
around and watching

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the ecosystem getting destroyed

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it just basically 
destroys earth.

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Naomi: We were going to go on a 
field trip to the Monterey Bay

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aquarium and like stay overnight 
but since coronavirus came, we

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couldn'’t. So I liked that I get 
to know how it is now.

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Katy: Does anybody know the 
science name when we'’re talking

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about body parts and behaviors 
that help someone survive

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in the wild?

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Student: Adaptations.

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Katy: Adaptations! 
Brilliant. Yes.

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Rebecca: I think the silver 
lining in all of this is that

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it is empowering for students to 
know that we can adapt and to be

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resilient, to be flexible.

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You know children will learn 
that there'’s where there'’s a

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will, there'’s a way.

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And don'’t we want our students 
to all have that idea that we

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don'’t give up?

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And that'’s really what science 
is also also about.

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That we never give up.

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Katy: We're all going through a 
shared trauma right now.

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This is really difficult times 
and what we know is connecting

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with animals and connecting with 
nature makes us feel better.

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And so, especially at this time, 
if we can offer content that

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makes those students feel a 
little bit better, that

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this is going to be okay.

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I think that'’s really important 
right now.

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Katy: Well it was great meeting 
you all today.

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I hope you had a fun time.

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Hopefully we will be open again 
and soon and you will be able to

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come back and visit us. 
Thank you so much.

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Student: Bye!

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Katy: Bye!

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Zach: Bye.

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Christina: The Monterey Bay 
Aquarium now offers 13 online

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courses to schools and students 
all over the world.

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More than 40,000 people have 
enrolled in the courses from

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93 different countries.