Educational Tour in Algarve

AIMM organized an Educational and Environmental Tour in May 2024 with schools in the Algarve.

This project aims to increase awareness about the marine environment. The “School on Board Tour” consists of educational sessions divided into two parts: first in the school and then at sea.

For the school part, AIMM took their researchers and educators to meet the students, for a theoretic session. During these sessions we talked about the work that AIMM does, the species that we can find in our coast, while we shared some videos and photos that we took during our fieldwork. We also talked about the code of conduct when dolphin watching and the threats that our marine life faces, and how we can mitigate them.

For the part at sea, these students went on a field trip aboard a dolphin watching vessel, where they were able to discover, together with the association’s researchers, the species of marine mammals present in the area. The species that we encountered during these trips were common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins.

The schools that participated in the project were: the Dr. Garcia Domingues School, in Silves; the D. Martim Fernandes School, in Albufeira; the Guia Basic School and the Padre João Coelho Cabanita Basic School, in Loulé. In total, the Tour involved 263 students and 24 teachers.

We counted with our partners from two dolphin watching companies in the Algarve, AlgarExperience and Ocean Quest.

This project was financed by the Terre de Femmes Prize, created by the Yves Rocher Foundation and awarded by Yves Rocher Portugal to Drª. Joana Castro, the founder of AIMM.

With this project, AIMM together with everyone involved, intends to strengthen the bond between students and teachers with our ocean and the importance that the marine environment has in our lives.

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