Ocean Literacy with all.

At the Marine Education Center and the national visitor center for nature, naturum Öresund we want everybody to learn and discover our Ocean, Ocean Literacy with all. Here at the Center, school classes from preschool up to students at the university are offered, free of charge the opportunity to explore and discover Malmö's largest natural area, the sea. Every year, more than 6,000 young people are given the opportunity to investigate fauna and flora in more detail. By sampling or examining the sea, in waders, wetsuits or taking samples from our research boat. All marine activities are linked to the Swedish curriculum and school classes are given different assignments to carry out and report, depending on age. It can be posters, art, music, innovations for sustainable urban development or young sea ambassadors for the sea. During 2023 pupils and students are tasked with developing methods for how to increase and get more young people involved in civil society. Under 2023 we will also focus on beach cleaning activities in the summer, World Ocean Day, World Cleanup Day and World Biodiversity Day and continue with our recreating shallow areas with eelgrass and artificial reefs in the Warfbasin in the City of Malmö. The naturum Öresund is open all year round for the public with exhibitions, guided tours, and excursions out in the water. The number of visitors to the center and naturum Öresund is estimated at 50,000 under 2023. In Sweden, there are 32 national centers for nature according to guidelines from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency in Sweden.