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Family Adventure: Biomes Marine Biology Center

At Biomes

Last night Allison texted me and asked what we were doing tomorrow. I did not know that it was a holiday and that everyone was going to be home. When you work weekend overnights for as long as I have then you are bound to forget that the rest of the word has holidays and days off and things like that. So we talked it over and decided that we would go down to the Biomes Marine Biology Center. We went and visited this place four years ago in July and had a good time. It had been long enough that everything was new to the kids so we decided a trip back would be in order. Plus, it was supposed to be a wet and rainy day and who wants to go pick apples on a day like that. Continue reading Family Adventure: Biomes Marine Biology Center

Wild Kratts “Shark-Tastic” DVD Launched

JOIN THE KRATT BROTHERS ON “SHARK-TASTIC” ADVENTURES IN A NEW DVD
PBS KIDS Series WILD KRATTS Helps Kids Learn Science by Exploring Animals and Their “Creature Powers”

Arlington, Va. – April 6, 2015 – PBS Distribution announced today it is releasing “WILD KRATTS: SHARK-TASTIC” on DVD April 14. “SHARK-TASTIC” includes four episodes of the PBS KIDS hit series WILD KRATTS, two of which are bonus episodes! From learning about the favorite prey of great white sharks, to gaining insight into how dolphins communicate, kids will be exposed to fascinating facts about sharks and other sea creatures in this fun-filled DVD. Animals highlighted in these four stories include a hawksbill turtle, dolphins, a tiger shark, a giant pacific octopus, great white sharks, a bowhead whale, a manta ray and many more.

In each episode of WILD KRATTS, creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt take kids and their families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers, creators of the award-winning KRATTS’ CREATURES and Emmy-winning ZOBOOMAFOO, into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts along the way. WILD KRATTS airs weekdays on PBS KIDS (check local listings).

“WILD KRATTS: SHARK-TASTIC” will be available on DVD April 14, 2015. The DVD run time is approximately 60 minutes and its SRP is $12.99. Continue reading Wild Kratts “Shark-Tastic” DVD Launched