Foundation - 6 programs

MFDC  Indoor

This program includes time in our aquarium and classroom.  Please let our bookings officer know if you have special requirements or emphasis as our staff can incorporate it into the program.

In this program students will:

  • meet live animals typically found in Victorian waters (marine and freshwater)
  • visit the touch tank to learn about, look at and touch some organisms common along the Victorian coast.

This session is 1.5 hours long.

Outdoor programs

Choose from these outdoor programs:

  • Beachcomb at Queenscliff
  • Rockpool at  Pt Lonsdale
  • Mudflat at Swan Bay.

These sessions are 1.5 hours long  (1 hour in the field and include 30 mins  in the Marine and Freshwater Discovery Centre aquarium).

They are tide dependent so we may not be able to book your preferred time and date.

Costs

FOUNDATION to YEAR 6 (inclusive)

Activity

Activity Time

Price
(includes GST)

Cost per additional student

MFDC Indoor

(Sessions are 45 mins in the classroom; 45 mins in the aquarium)

1 hour 30 mins

$280.00

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator)

$14

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

Outdoor  Program

  • Beachcomb at Queenscliff
  • Rockpool at  Pt Lonsdale
  • Mudflat at Swan Bay.


(Sessions are 1 hr in the field; 30 mins in the aquarium)

1 hour 30 mins

$280.00

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator))

$14

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

Combined MFDC Indoor and Outdoor Program


(Sessions are 1 hr in the field; 1hr  in the aquarium and classroom)

Note: this is ideal for very large groups of students

2 hours

$340.00

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator))

$17

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

Make a booking for the Schools Program

Book a class trip to the MFDC, here