Humpback Whales

The Silver Bank Humpback Whale Expedition

(Children’s Library Title: “Our Humpback Whale Adventure“)

What is it like to come eye-to-eye with an underwater animal the size of a school bus and stronger than an elephant?

In this presentation we have your students join us as we search for the largest breeding grounds on the planet of — HUMPBACK WHALES!

A look at whale biology and behavior and Humpback Whales in particular. Here we bring our eye-to-eye underwater encounters with Humpback Whales to life with this exciting, action-packed marine science adventure!

The program begins with an introduction to whales in general and Humpback Whales in particular. Students are chosen from the audience to demonstrate how whales are adapted to their environment. Specimens and models are used to help demonstrate how whales are different from bony fish and show the different ways whales catch their food. See real whale baleen, teeth, vertebrae and a seven foot long narwhal tusk! See real krill! See our student helpers demonstrate how Humpback Whales make “bubble nets” to catch the krill.

After the demonstrations, undersea explorers, Wayne and Karen Brown, take your students on their exciting adventure, via a fascinating, 4K digital video presentation, in search of Humpback Whales in their winter breeding grounds — the warm waters of the Silver Bank by the Caribbean Sea!

In this digital video presentation your students join the Browns on the expedition boat where they meet the captain. As they accompany Wayne and Karen on the expedition, your students see male Humpback Whales competing for mates and hear males singing underwater love songs to attract females. The highlight of the presentation is our swim with a mother and father humpback whale and their newborn baby. After mating season in the Silver Bank your students join Wayne and Karen in Gloucester, Massachuesetts where the Browns will join whale researchers on another expedition boat as they travel to the Humpback Whales’ feeding grounds in cold waters of the Stellwagen Bank, off the coast of Massachusetts. Your students will see mother Humpbacks teaching their babies how to catch their food by making “bubble nets.”