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Topics in Oceanography Workshop: Where teachers become the students and scientists become the teachers
Topics in Oceanography Workshops: Where teachers become the students and scientists become the teachers Amy Apprill, far right, gives a presentation to teachers in May 2018 about corals, symbionts, and healthy ecosystems. A group of twenty-nine middle and high school teachers filled the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Ocean Science Discovery Center to capacity on…
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Nantucket Coastal Conference June 6, 2017 Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, Nantucket, Mass. Keynote Coastal Change Rob Thieler, USGS –Woods Hole, Center Director Coastal Erosion Shifting Sands and the Shorelines of Nantucket Andrew Ashton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sconset Geotube Update Maria Hartnett, Epsilon Associates; Twenty-three Years of Monitoring Sciasconset, MA Mitch Buck, Woods Hole…
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Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference Norton Point, Katama Bay, Wasque, Chappaquiddick Attempting to Understand One of the Most Dynamic Coastal Systems in Massachusetts June 20, 2013 Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Mass. Keynote Migrating Tidal Inlets: Lessons learned at Chatham Graham Giese, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) Current Research in the Area Storms, Tides,…
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Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference June 6, 2016 Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Mass. Keynote A Stormy Future? Robert Thompson, Boston WFO, NWS -Meteorologist-In-Charge Current Research at Katama/Chappaquiddick Storms, Tides, and Shifting Sands near Katama Inlet II Britt Raubenheimer, Steve Elgar and Peter Traykovski, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Wasque –Now You See It; Now You Don’t…
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Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference June 6, 2018 Harborview Hotel, Edgartown, Mass. Keynote A Perfect Storm: The Collision of Hurricanes, Climate Change and Coastal Population Growth Jeff Donnelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Coastal Research Storm-induced Shoreline Changes on Martha’s Vineyard Steve Elgar and Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Research on Migration and Burial…
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The Islands Coastal Conference About The Islands Coastal Conference alternates each year between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands. The free conference attracts coastal managers, environmental organizations, town officials and staff, conservation commissions, planning boards, consultants, researchers, experts and partners from across the region to discuss a range of critical issues such as sea level rise,…
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Bioacoustics This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background Light is very limited in the ocean habitat. Below the photic zone (the depth to which sunlight is able to penetrate) it is very dark. For marine mammals, however, this vast 3-dimensional world is far from dark. The…
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K-12 Education The goal of the Woods Hole Sea Grant Education Program is to increase ocean literacy – “an understanding of the ocean’s influence on you-and your influence on the ocean” so that all citizens young and old can make informed and sustainable decisions involving our coastal resources, communities, and economies. Workshops for Educators Lesson…
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Teacher Workshop: April 17, 2015 Seals on Cape Cod, Seals as Sentinels Presenters Dr. Rebecca Gast http://www.whoi.edu/hpb/Site.do?id=585 Dr. Andrea Bogomolni http://www.whoi.edu/profile/abogomolni/ Schedule: 8:45-9:15 Arrive, pick up parking passes, and park in School St. lot, walk to WHOI Exhibit Center Breakfast: pastries, coffee, juice 9:30 – Quick introduction to WHOI, Sea Grant, and Exhibit…
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Fish ecology in the Atlantic, from the tropics to New England: How studying fish diets tells about their changing ecosystems What are the fish we eat eating? Date: June 2015 Presenter: Dr. Joel Llopiz, WHOI Biology Department Description: Professional Development workshop for Teachers Grade 6-12 Classroom activities Fish food webs…
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