Invite Sea Smart into your classroom!

Join our wave of ocean heroes!

We've educated and empowered over 43,000 students, instilling a love for our oceans through engaging in-person programs.

Our trained educators will come to your classroom for a fun, hands-on experience that connects directly to your STEAM curriculum.

Our school programs

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Clean Water Champions

  • In partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada, we are excited to offer this hands-on program about freshwater pollution and how it connects to our oceans.

  • This program includes a single 2-hour workshop.

    Our educators will come to your classroom!

  • $200 for up to 30 students.

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Ocean Design Lab

  • Ocean Design Lab is an innovative and hands-on workshop designed to educate participants about the environmental damage caused by bottom trawling. Students will redesign bottom trawling nets to minimize their environmental impact by building and testing prototypes in a friendly competition.

  • This workshop is 2-hours long.

    Our educators will come to your classroom!

  • $200 for up to 30 students.

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Shoreline Cleanup Field Trips

  • Sea Smart’s shoreline clean-ups are a fun and engaging way for students to learn about plastic pollution, marine animals, and how to protect our ocean. All equipment and educational activities provided by Sea Smart!

  • One 2-hour facilitated field trip.

    Location to be determined based on our availability and your transportation requirements.

  • $250 for up to 30 students.

* $10 for each additional student over 30.
*1 free chaperone per 5 students, any additional chaperone is $10

**If you book both a cleanup and a program, receive a $50 discount for a total of $400

Scholarships are available for Clean Water Champions and select shoreline cleanups.

Inquiry-based learning

Our Educational Approach

Created by teachers, for teachers

Experts in the classroom

Connects learning to the real world

What teachers are saying

  • “I've been looking for an inspiring educator like Dr. Leung for so long and I only wish we found her sooner! If you want an engaging presenter to inspire and empower your students to make the world a better place, I can't recommend Sea Smart's school workshops enough!”

    Mr. Paquin - Grade 9 Ecology Teacher, Kitsilano Secondary

  • “I highly recommend Sea Smart's school workshops if you want your students to switch gears from being impassive teens to empowered individuals who are taking action to help our environment.”

    Mr. Bourqui - Grade 9 Ecology Teacher, Kitsilano Secondary

  • Sea Smart truly has an innovative and highly engaging learning program that is aligned with the BC curriculum. Our students were using their creativity, intelligence, while having their passion for learning inspired through Sea Smarts' multifaceted approach to experiential learning...their program really had a positive impact on all of our students, and their awareness and ability to feel empowered as stewards of the water, land and air.

    Sarah Martz , Vice-Principal , siʔáḿθɘt School, Tsleil-Waututh Nation School

Looking for online classroom resources?

We are thrilled to offer free resources to educators, that make learning about plastic pollution hands-on, fun, and accessible to all learners! Our resources are created by teachers, for teachers. We include all the resources you need to teach a quality lesson including:

  • Differentiated K-12 lesson plans

  • BC Curriculum connections

  • Presentation slides

  • Educational videos

Students participating in an ocean school workshop with Sea Smart educators

Attention: Youth groups, Guides, Scouts, and environmental clubs!

Sea Smart’s programs are for you, too! Please apply through this form.

Are you a parent who wants Sea Smart to come to your child’s school? Fill out this form!

group of girl guides standing with Dr. Elaine at a beach cleanup