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Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming

Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming The 2024 class is full. This 10-week virtual interactive course will cover the basics of shellfish aquaculture with an emphasis on learning practical information. Students will be introduced to shellfish biology, hatchery & nursery production, field grow-out of oysters and clams, and safe shellfish handling and harvest practices. The course will…

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Helping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance

Helping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance March 2018 — Three years ago, Woods Hole Sea Grant and its outreach partner the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension developed a first-of-its-kind program for coordinating regional flood insurance and promoting flood resilience in coastal communities. That program is now serving as a model for others across the…

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Teacher Workshop November 2003

Teacher Workshop November 2003 “Right Whale Ecology at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Conservation” Dr. Mark Baumgartner is an Assistant Scientist in the Biology department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He studies the foraging behavior and ecology of whales, and the formation and location of the patches of plankton that whales feed on. In this…

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Teacher Workshop September 2010

Teacher Workshop September 2010 Professional Development Workshop for Educators at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI): Presenters: Senior Scientist Judith McDowell, Biology, Education Specialist Barbara Dougan, Cape Cod National Seashore DATE:  Friday, September 24, 2010, 9:30am-2:30pm Oil Spill Science: what scientists and engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working on in the Gulf of Mexico…

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Teacher Workshop July 2011

Teacher Workshop July 2011 HABCAM: USING ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TO STUDY NEW ENGLAND SEAFLOOR ECOLOGY Professional Development Workshop for Educators at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Monday, July 25, 2011 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The Buttery, Fenno House Quissett Campus Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Presenters:  Scott Gallager and Amber York, of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…

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Teacher Workshop April 2012

Teacher Workshop April 2012 Earthquakes and Oceanography When: MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Where: WHOI Exhibit Center, Woods Hole Village, Woods Hole, MA Morning Presenters: Jeff McGuire, Geology and Geophysics Department Dan Lizarralde, Geology and Geophysics Department Undersea earthquakes and seismic measurements in deep water Registration, $40. Breakfast and lunch Please…

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Teacher Workshop May 2013

Teacher Workshop May 2013 OCEAN SCIENCE WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS: THE MOVING OCEAN FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013,  10:00 – 2:30 In the morning, Dr. Steven Jayne, on ocean currents, and how and why we study them – WHOI Exhibit Center, Woods Hole In the afternoon, a unique opportunity to see and do experiments in an oceanography laboratory:  Dr. Claudia…

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Teacher Workshop May 20, 2016

Teacher Workshop May 20, 2016 Plastic and Microplastic in the Ocean: What is it, and what happens to it Presenters: Dr. Tracy John Mincer, WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department; Mr. Jeffrey Brodeur, Communications and Outreach Specialist, Woods Hole Sea Grant Human-generated plastic debris in the ocean is a growing problem. Learn about plastic that…

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Bioacoustics

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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