01Sea Postcard
Create a personal postcard inspired by ships, waves, lighthouses and imagined seas.
MAKE · TRY · DISCOVER
Every workshop.
One route.
Wherever they appear across the Festival, workshops for children and adults are gathered here with direct links to their own theme pages.
30WORKSHOPS15FOR CHILDREN11FOR ADULTS
WORKSHOP DIRECTORY
Choose by interest and audience.
Facilitators, times, duration and capacity will be added when confirmed.
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Each card opens the relevant Festival page.0102Sea Sketch
A short, accessible sketching experience based on a ship detail, a wave, a harbour or a museum object.
03Letter to the Sea
Turn what you would like to say to the sea into a short and personal text.
04Short Sea Story
Build a short story from a ship, shore, sea creature or journey.
05Complete the Story
Complete the characters, events and ending of a maritime story.
06Create a Character
Invent a sailor, captain, researcher or imaginary sea creature and give them a story.
07A 100-Word Sea Story
Shape an atmospheric maritime story in exactly one hundred words.
08Design a Mini Marine Vehicle
Design a future boat from paper and card, including its purpose and technology.
09Navigate the Ship
Create a route using simple direction, destination and navigation ideas.
10Discover Sensors
Explore how temperature, light and distance sensors understand their surroundings.
11Ship of the Future
Imagine and design a cleaner, safer and smarter ship.
12Digital Navigation Experience
An introduction to electronic charts and systems similar to AIS.
13AI in Maritime
Explore the use of AI in routing, maintenance, safety and marine data.
14Next-Generation Ship Technologies
How electric, hybrid and autonomous systems may transform ships.
15Sensors and Marine Data
An introduction to reading real or sample data received from sensors.
16Saltwater Experiment
Observe how different salinity levels change the way objects float in water.
17Examine Seawater
Compare water samples through temperature, colour and simple pH observations.
18Who Floats, Who Sinks?
Explore how different objects float or sink and connect the result with density.
19The Sea under a Microscope
Examine plankton, sand or shells under a microscope when suitable samples are available.
20Meet Marine Life
Match marine species with their habitats and discover different forms of life.
21How Do Waves Form?
Observe wave formation using simple water containers and controlled movement.
22Seawater Laboratory
An introduction to measuring and comparing salinity, temperature, pH and density.
23Discover Oceanography
Explore relationships between currents, waves, temperature and salinity through accessible experiments.
24How Are Microplastics Studied?
A method demonstration introducing sampling, separation and examination in microplastics research.
25Read Marine Data
Interpret real or sample temperature, current and measurement data through key indicators.
26The Science of the Bosphorus
Explore features of the Istanbul Strait through concise explanation and table-top demonstrations.
27Boğaz’ın Bilimi
İstanbul Boğazı’nın akıntı sistemi gibi özelliklerini kısa anlatım ve masa deneyleriyle keşfetme atölyesi.
28Where Do Colors Go Underwater?
In SUFOD’s live demonstration, raw and corrected underwater images will be compared side by side to explain underwater light, color loss, white balance and basic image correction through visual examples.
29TUSACAN Interactive Discovery Area
TUSACAN – Türkiye Su Altı Canlıları Platformu becomes an interactive discovery area at the Mavi Eksen Festival. Visitors will explore underwater species on screen, test their species identification skills and discover how observations can contribute to documenting aquatic biodiversity.
30Gökçeada 2026 — Underwater Photography Selection
Following the Gökçeada Marine Park 4th Underwater Photography Competition on 19 September, a small “Gökçeada 2026” selection featuring awarded or shortlisted photographs is planned, subject to the necessary permissions and final approval.