Kids & Youth
Programming

Project Ocean Sole is designed to inspire new approaches to big problems — and nowhere is that more critical than for young guests.

Our youth programming is designed to meet kids where they are: in the exhibit, at a workshop table, or in a classroom challenge that asks them to think like the innovators behind Ocean Sole.

Link to Facilitation Packages here


The Big Idea Station

In-exhibit · Self-guided · All ages

As a step in the exhibit, Big Idea Station gives every guest a moment to bring their perspective and imagination to creating a better future for our oceans.

Choose a Tough Problem area, grab a Big Idea Canvas, and sketch your idea. Then put it up to share your thinking and inspire others.


The Upcycling Workshop

Facilitated · Elementary & middle school

Trash becomes art in this hands-on workshop for younger guests. Choose a sea creature, then build a colorful mosaic from materials that would otherwise go to waste. Make art and make things better, just like Ocean Sole.


The Ocean Sole Challenge

Facilitated · High school

In this guided workshop, we break down how Ocean Sole turned a beach full of trash into a global creative conservation movement — then hand their blueprint over to you.

Using Ocean Sole's approach as a framework, teams tackle a real problem and develop an idea that could actually change things. The world needs more Ocean Soles. This is where they start.