Turtles are an amazing example of biological adaptability and endurance, having roamed the earth for 220 million years. They're also much-loved and admired the world over. However, they are often underappreciated for the vital role they play in the environment. And unfortunately, despite their much-celebrated endurance, turtles are in trouble. That’s why Tennessee Aquarium has officially declared 2020 “Year of the Turtle,” a yearlong turtle bonanza that will feature the film Turtle Odyssey 3D in the IMAX Theater and a wide range of turtle updates and additions to the Aquarium visitor experience. It will also train a bigger spotlight on the work being done by conservation groups to study and safeguard turtles around the world.

Virginia Aquarium has robust programming efforts directed at showcasing the sea turtles that visit the coastal waters and nest along Virginia’s beaches. But the Aquarium cannot bring guests into the open ocean to see the challenges of daily life for a sea turtle, and that is where Turtle Odyssey 3D comes in.

It’s easy to claim that any natural history/science film automatically ensures lifelong learning, but it’s not so easy to prove. When your main funding partners are the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, you have to get the lifelong learning testing just right. Read more

Maryland Science Center’s comprehensive educator workshop to support the film Flight of the Butterflies (SK Films) was instrumental in building awareness of the film among teachers and the general public, encouraging monarch-related citizen science efforts, and providing film viewers with additional information and resources to extend learning well beyond the science center visit and film screening. Read more

The award-winning giant screen film Flight of the Butterflies (SK Films) was the perfect programming complement to the butterfly garden at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, Florida, US, and “Butterfly Boogie” was the perfect educational program to go with it. Read more