Dive into the incredible world of ocean exploration in this early childhood STEM-based exhibit, Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin!, based on the Jim Henson Company and Herschend Entertainment Studios PBS Kids TV series Splash and Bubbles.
Join Splash, Bubbles and the Reeftown Rangers to explore marine biology, ocean science, and different ocean ecosystems. Learn how even small actions can create a big ripple to help protect our One Big Ocean.
- Explore a sunken ship and learn the similarities and differences between artificial reefs and real reefs. Go on a treasure hunt and take a pledge to become a Reeftown Ranger.
- Navigate the Kelp Forest and help keep it clean by collecting green algae from the ocean floor. Learn about bioluminescence in the Deep as you create your own glow-in-the-dark jellyfish and gaze upon a life-size 12-foot-wide Japanese Spider Crab.
- Interact with Splash and Bubbles puppet characters created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop in Reeftown. Dress up as a stingray or sea turtle to swim throughout the reef.
- Learn fun “Fin Facts” at Flo’s School of Fish! Balance and stack colorful rocks; discover a variety of sharks and create your own shark hat; identify a mysterious ocean animal using classification; draw your own fish and add it to a collaborative collage; camouflage Myshell the Crab with different coral.
Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin! is made possible thanks to generous support from Tim and Elizabeth Swank and Graybar Foundation and was developed by The Magic House in collaboration with The Jim Henson Company and Herschend Studios.
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