Scientists, artists, communicators and educators working together.

The apolitical musical theatre production portrays the key challenges faced by our oceans today and how the ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.

The audience follows Sandy Carson, a young marine biologist conducting coral transplanting research and her arch nemesis Mr. Pidder, an amateur fisherman with little regard for the marine environment. Featuring a cast of underwater puppet characters, Something Very Fishy highlights how everything we do above the surface impacts life below.

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In addition to the live performance, schools may elect to participate in the Something Very Fishy Aquanaut Training Program where students* experience a 50 minute virtual reality Aquanaut Training Mission led by scientists from Clemson University. Using a combination of 2D and 360 format underwater videos, children will be inspired to ask questions, investigate issues, collect data from virtual dives, develop a plan to save a coral reef and  document their missions.

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Your missions should you choose to accept them are:

•    Mission 1: Investigate Why Corals are Dying

•    Mission 2: Explore What We Can Do to Help the Corals

•    Mission 3: Transplant Super Corals and Restore the Reef

Teachers will receive a full classroom set of SVF Workbooks & SVF Mission Notebooks to use throughout the program.

Students completing all missions will receive an official NASA Citizen Scientist Aquanaut Certificate!

Kathy Prosser - the artist

Dr. Michael Childress - the scientist

Dr. Meghnna Tallapragada - the communicator

I have a PhD in Communication from Cornell University, an MS in Communication from North Carolina State University, and a BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from CBIT, India. I am passionate about combining my background as an engineer and a strategic science communication scholar. Through research I strive to bring science and technology closer to people.

My work has been published in journals including Science Communication, Public Understanding of Science, Science and Engineering Ethics, Communication Education, and Public Relations Review. As a teacher, I strive to maintain a safe and inclusive space for students so they can develop into creative thinkers who can, not only help solve current public relations dilemmas but also, feel empowered to better their individual selves.

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I am excited to be part of the Something Very Fishy assessment process and evidencing how informal learning environments, particularly performing arts can educate students about science.