Some of the educational programmes offered by CretAquarium are in line with the school curriculum, while others are adapted to the ages and level of pupils of all grades (primary and secondary education).
To book your meeting, please call: +30 2810-337888
Some of the educational programmes offered by CRETAquarium are in line with the school curriculum, while others are adapted to the ages and level of pupils of all grades (primary and secondary education).
To book your visit, please call: +30 2810-337888
Visiting the seabeds.
An educational and experiential tour through which students discover an unknown, alien and “alive” world: the world of the sea!
They learn about the seabed and the types of sea life, observe animals and their behaviors and spot similarities and differences. At the end of the tour the “little explorers” have learned a lot about the richness and variety of life in the wonderful world of the seabed.
| Age | Preschool – Kindergarten |
| Days | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Hours | 9:30-11:30 |
| Place | Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 1 Hour |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Creating with paper, clay, paint and other materials
The students, after a unique experiential tour and awareness of the marine world, create their own unique seabed, using various materials such as clay, paints, paper and, of course, above all, their rich imagination.
| Age | Kindergarten and Elementary School |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | – |
| Place | Educational Room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Different worlds
“Us and the Sea” is an educational as well as an experiential tour, through which students get to know the world of the sea and the wealth it hides, in order to finally find out that maybe it is not so different from our own world.
With the students we discover elements of the seabed and marine life, compare them with the terrestrial world, but also with ourselves, and in this way we realize that the elements that unite us are much more than those that separate us.
| Age | Elementary School A and B |
| Days | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Hours | 9:30-11:30 |
| Place | Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 1 Hour |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Discovering the different marine ecosystems
The bottom of the sea is literally a world with a thousand faces. A world that includes different ecosystems, with different kinds of life.
In this educational and experiential tour we focus on 5 special ecosystems and the animal species they host.
Under the guidance of the CretAquarium teaching staff, students observe the special characteristics of the animals, so that they can then “guess” for themselves where each one “prefers” to live.
| Age | Primary 3rd and 4th |
| Days | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Hours | 9:30-11:30 |
| Place | Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 1 Hour |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Unfolding the diversity of the marine world.
An experiential tour that focuses on the richness of the marine world and the diversity of animals and organisms that inhabit it.
This educational program focuses on 6 specific categories of marine organisms. Students observe and learn the distinct characteristics of each category so that in the end they can identify and group the different species on their own.
| Age | Primary 5th and 6th |
| Days | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Hours | 9:30-11:30 |
| Place | Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 1 Hour |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Understanding the evolution of marine organisms.
The sea is made up of many individual ecosystems which are home to a huge number of species.
During their evolutionary course, the various types of organisms adapted to meet their needs as best as possible, while making better use of environmental resources.
During the Ecosystems and Adaptations program students delve into the concepts of ecosystem and habitat. In this way they understand the evolution of marine organisms in order to be in perfect harmony with their environment.
| Age | Junior High A’ |
| Days | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Hours | 9:30-11:30 |
| Place | Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 1 Hour |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Observing the specific systems of different marine organisms
An educational program specially designed to support the Biology course of the 1st High School.
It includes observations of the systems of food intake, circulation and respiration in a range of marine organisms, from the simplest to the vertebrates, as mentioned in the course material.
| Age | Junior High A’ |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | – |
| Place | Educational room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Its goal is for students to learn about plankton and its importance for the rest of life in the sea and on our planet through unique educational games and guided tours!
| Age | Kindergarten and Primary 1-5 |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | – |
| Place | Educational room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
A program designed to educate about plankton
The variety it has and its importance for the marine environment and the planet. They are given an opportunity to observe live microscopic planktonic organisms in the laboratory using stereoscopes and microscopes, while the tour focuses on the nutrition of these organisms.
| Age | Primary 3-5 and Junior High School |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | 9:30-11:30 |
| Place | Educational room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
How are they created? What affects them? What is their importance to the marine environment and how do they affect life in the sea and on our planet in general? These are some of the questions that are answered in the relevant tour of the aquarium, but also in the laboratory area.
| Age | Primary 3-5 and High School |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | – |
| Place | educational room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
Students have the opportunity to take a fantastic tour of the seabed.
Exploring different marine especies, problems and environmental hazards. Through the experiential representation and the techniques of the theater game, together with the new hero of the Crete Aquarium, the “Knight of the Deep”.
| Age | Kindergarten and Primary 1-2 |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | – |
| Place | Educational room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
A small approach of the big problems facing our marine environment.
Through a two-hour educational program inspired by the research activities of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HEL.KE.TH.E) we will discover what the biggest modern challenges are, how they affect us and in what ways we can act!
| Age | Elementary 3-6 and Middle School |
| Days | Thursday & Friday |
| Hours | – |
| Place | Eductional room & Visiting area of the Aquarium |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Cost | 6€ / student |
For more information and reservations call: 2810 337788
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