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Index of Workshops for Educators

Index of Workshops for Educators March 2025 Ocean Oxygen: Using forams to understand past, present, and future oceans December 2023 From Classrooms to Coastlines: An educator workshop about marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs) February 2023 Bringing Shark Research on Cape Cod into Your Classroom July 2022 The Perfect Storm: Exploring how sea level…

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2000-2002 Projects

Detection and Quantification of Live Acanthamoeba in Natural Marine Ecosystems Using Molecular Genetic Methods Rebecca J. Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Acanthamoeba is a genus of free-living amoebae present in soil, saltwater, and freshwater, including tap water. Although Acanthamoeba does not appear to be a human health threat in the ocean, very little is known…

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Resources for Educators & Students

Resources for Educators and Students Adaptations and Climate Change Expand How Whales Change the Climate:  Video from Sustainable Human showing whales’ role in the ecosystem and climate. Port Townsend Marine Science Center- Orca Bone Atlas: This is a great resource that shows an Orca skeleton and allows you to see 3-D views of various parts of the…

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River Herring Network Update

Each spring river herring come from the ocean and swim, or “run” up rivers to spawn in ponds and slow sections of rivers. Each fall, Massachusetts river herring wardens gather together to talk about their favorite fish and discuss ways to preserve it. For hundreds of years, people used to gather herring at their local…

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2000-2002 Projects

Augmenting the Lobster Catch: Oyster Aquaculture in Modified Lobster Traps Dale F. Leavitt, Southeastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center (SEMAC)/WHOI Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, and Joseph K. Buttner, Salem State College Collaboration between extension, academia, and industry is widely recognized as an effective means to identify and resolve problems. This study will draw upon…

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Outreach: Reporting from the Heart of the Storm

The winter storms of 2018 are experiences most of New Englanders would like to forget. However, the pounding the region took through the month of March left an indelible mark on many north and east facing towns and beaches, destroying homes, buildings, and other structures, and eroding swaths of shoreline. This week the White House…

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