Wild Kratts will feature "How To Create a Marine Environment" this summer!

[tparsons]

Some of you may already be familiar with the Kratts brothers. Their show Wild Kratts occasionally features the underwater world and this year they decided to include a couple episodes on how to create a marine environment.



Through a local Ottawa retailer - Fish Tails - the Wild Kratts team was able to find a used tank at a great price, but the problem was, no one knew what the next step was for the set-up. As we all know, salt water tanks aren't as easy as just add water

Patrick and I were approached to help the team properly set-up their system so that they could have a Reef their show could return to year after year - discussing, growth, aquaculturing projects, and encouraging marine education.

It was a rare and exciting experience for us to be in an animation studio and even more rare to learn about the complexities of filming a marine aquarium. We all know that photographs tend to look much more blue, but we have never had to contend with making sure that people and a tank look good in the same photograph - which took some definite work on behalf of the camera crew

Watch for some more info on the re-build process and photos to follow.

For more information about Wild Kratts see below;


"Join the adventures of Chris and Martin Kratt as they encounter incredible wild animals, combining science education with fun and adventure, while traveling to animal habitats around the globe. Each adventure explores an age-appropriate science concept central to an animal’s life and showcases a never-before-seen wildlife moment. It’s all wrapped up in engaging stories of adventure, mystery, rescue, and the Kratt brothers’ brand of laugh-out-loud-comedy that kids love.

The real-life Chris and Martin introduce each Wild Kratts episode with a live action segment that imagines what it would be like to experience a never- before-seen wildlife moment, and asks, “What if...?” The Kratt brothers transition into animation and the adventure begins, bringing early-elementary school children into the secret lives of extraordinary creatures, many of which have never been animated before – including proboscis monkeys, draco lizards and caracals!

Aided by the brilliant hi-tech inventor and scientist Aviva Corcovado and her team, the adventuring brothers can activate their Creature Power Suits to fly with peregrine falcons, tag along remora-style with a great white shark, or dive to the bottom of the sea with whales and colossal squid!

From meeting a young elephant who uses the physics of suction to bring water into her trunk, to poison arrow frogs who use chemistry as their defense, to peregrine falcons who harness the force of gravity to fly so fast, the brothers and viewers learn that animals can take you anywhere in science!"
http://www.pbs.org/parents/wildkratts/show.html

Get your children to check out this exciting link;
http://pbskids.org/wildkratts/

[tparsons]

Check out some photos taken before and during the filming process;

Patrick arranging pieces in the tank


Chris, Martin and some Youth learning about the fish they are about to add to the tank;


The Youth learning about acclimatization and how to handle the fish;


More photos to follow!

[Patty-Brent]

This is so cool I use to watch their show all the time when I was a kid and still occasionally do on a Sunday morning or so

[tparsons]

It was really interesting to see how they incorporate the film and animation into the show!

We also just found out the their second season will have a large marine focus