Posts by Stephanie Murphy
7 Tips and Tricks to a Successful, Hands-on Classroom Visit
Woods Hole Sea Grant Educator Grace Simpkins knows how to talk to kids! Here are Grace’s top 7 tips and tricks to a successful, hands-on classroom visit: 1. Have three main takeaways ideas or concepts but relax and enjoy the unexpected. Be flexible. Pick the main three things you want students to understand. Introduce them,…
Read MoreNew Faces: Poonam Narotam
Woods Hole Sea Grant is thrilled to welcome new Science Communications Fellow Poonam Narotam. Poonam began her year-long fellowship in October, after having graduated from Northwestern University with a master’s degree in journalism. Poonam hit the ground running at Woods Hole Sea Grant, focusing her attention on communicating about our funded research and extension work…
Read MoreVideo: Three Bays Research Project
This month, Science Communications Fellow Poonam Narotam spent some time in the field with Research Coordinator Jennie Rheuban and Extension marine team Abigail Archer, Harriet Booth, and Josh Reitsma, measuring clams and oysters and collecting water samples in the Three Bays Watershed on Cape Cod. Here’s a look at that research. Watch Now
Read MoreRiver Herring Network Gathers
Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Abigail Archer is the River Herring Network coordinator and helped organize this year’s annual meeting, which included participants from 16 towns, 12 watershed organizations and nonprofits, three federal agencies, three state agencies, and two academic institutions. After two years of meeting virtually, river herring wardens and others from along the Massachusetts…
Read More20th Annual State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference Held
Once a year for the last twenty years, the residents of Wellfleet and their neighbors from nearby towns have been invited to learn about the latest science and current issues affecting the health, ecology and resources of Wellfleet Harbor and its surrounding waters. The meeting was moderated by Abigail Archer, with WHOI Sea Grant/Cape Cod…
Read MoreBiennial Request for Proposals
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant (WHOI Sea Grant) requests proposals for two-year projects (2024-2025) from investigators at academic, research and educational institutions throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Funded projects will fill information gaps or provide innovative solutions to pressing coastal issues in Massachusetts. Important dates Pre-proposal deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 4:30 pm Eastern…
Read MoreElevation Certificate Workshop
How to Complete and Review the FEMA Elevation Certificate A free virtual workshop for the New England area on how to complete and review the FEMA Elevation Certificate. Two workshop dates offered; please apply for only one. Hosted by Woods Hole Sea Grant and MIT Sea Grant. About this workshop Accurate Elevation Certificates are critical…
Read More2022 Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference
After a longer than expected hiatus, the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference is back! The much-anticipated 6th meeting of the Islands Coastal Conference series will be held on October 24th at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven. This free conference will be held in person and will follow all town and state COVID protocols…
Read MoreGirls In Science Program Is Underway!
Summer is in full swing and our Girls in Science program is underway! Ten fellows arrived in Woods Hole on Sunday, Aug. 7, to begin the first week-long session. A second cohort of fellows arrive on Aug. 14. Woods Hole Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins is leading the fellows with WHOI marine mammal biologist Laela…
Read MoreHigh School Student Helps Develop TideRider “Virtual Buoy”
Over the past four years, Mike Jakuba, a senior engineer at WHOI, has worked with Brookline High School student Patrick McGuire to build the next generation coastal profiling platform, an inexpensive “virtual buoy” and a platform for other sensors. The project was funded through Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Program Development Fund and has since received…
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