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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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Aquaculturists

Aquaculturists Our region is home more than 300 shellfish farming operations on over 1,000 acres. Woods Hole Sea Grant extension agents meet regularly with aquaculturists and provide them with technical assistance based on research and our knowledge of local habitats and conditions. WHSG also offers professional development opportunities to help shellfish farmers improve their operations.…

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Bulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management

Bulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management Soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, are an enigma to scientists, managers, and shellfish harvesters in southeastern Massachusetts and throughout the bivalve’s range. One year, clams may settle in very dense concentrations, while, the following year, there may be no soft-shell clam recruitment at the…

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Ocean STEAM-Powered Women in Woods Hole

Ten young women interested in exploring ocean science arrived in Woods Hole on August 6, 2023 to spend a week conducting bioacoustic research with WHOI biologist Laela Sayigh and investigating different marine Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) careers. They are now amongst a group of 60 high-school aged young women in Massachusetts who…

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Workshops for Educators

Workshops for Educators Upcoming Workshop Ocean Floor to Ice Core: Using Earth’s archives to unravel ancient ice sheet mysteries June 5, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Carriage House, Quissett Campus, WHOI Get the details! WHOI’s professional learning workshops for educators are a window into the rapidly-changing world of ocean research and engineering. The WHOI…

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Review of Wastewater Dilution Modeling

Review of Wastewater Dilution Modeling Preface This report presents the findings and recommendations of an independent technical review of hydrodynamic modeling using the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) to simulate wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent dilution in Buzzards Bay and the North and South Rivers, Massachusetts. The review was commissioned by WHOI Sea Grant,…

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Teacher Workshop: March 28, 2025

Ocean Oxygen: Using forams to understand past, present, and future oceans Presenters Dr. Joan Bernhard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Geology & Geophysics Department – Insights into the Lives of Forams, Versatile Microbes with a Big Fossil Record Dr. Yi Wang, Tulane University Earth and Environmental Sciences Department – Forams in the Sediments: Witnesses and Recorders of…

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