The open day of the Marine Biology Station Piran of the National Institute of Biology, marking World Oceans Day, took place on Friday, 5 June 2026. The event featured hands-on workshops attended by children from many schools across Slovenia.
Programme
Lectures
- What do we do at the Marine Biology Station Piran? – Dr Vesna Flander Putrle
- The sea in the Anthropocene – Dr Ana Lokovšek
Workshops for children and young people
- A world in miniature
- The sea under the microscope
- The diversity of marine organisms
- Sea superheroes: a plastic-free mission
- Experiments with water
- Algae mini-bar with an ice-cream-making workshop (in English)
- Discover the blue: the challenge of marine life
- Work on a research vessel
- Diatom luminescence (PiNA institute)
Guided tour of the Marine Biology Station Piran.
Video installation “The Sea and the Ship” by Ines Rakar, student of UL ALUO.
