Sea Change Family: Riddle in a Bottle

In this family presentation we’ll screen an episode of the award-winning Riddle Solvers series – The Riddle in a Bottle – navigate a sea currents obstacle course and create a recycled art masterpiece with a naturalist from Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary!

The Riddle in a Bottle is a half-hour film for the whole family, which shares how life on earth is connected through moving water and features beautiful aquatic footage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans (and lakes and rivers in-between). We follow them as they solve a mysterious riddle from the ocean that reaches them on an inland lake– in a message in a magic bottle. As Laura and Robert try to solve the riddle, they receive three clues from underwater creatures who each offer a different solution to the riddle . . . currents, tides or weather.

The first story sweeps you into a vivid blue ocean where baby loggerhead sea turtles drift along the ocean currents under floating mats of sargassum algae.The second story takes you to the coastline, where daily life is based around the rhythm of the tides. The third story plunges you into a freshwater vernal pond, whose occupants depend on the heavy spring rains for survival. Finally, The Riddle Solvers meet a one-legged pirate, who sings a song that helps pave the way to the riddle’s answer. This lively mix of mystery, music, humor and vivid animal footage is a perfect way for young children to understand how they are connected with water far away.

The presentation is scheduled to end by 2:30 p.m.

Promotional support for Sea Change is provided by WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station.