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Lesson Plans and Classroom Visits

Lesson Plans and Classroom Visits Coasts, Oceans, and Stewardship Program (COAST) This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and WHOI Sea Grant.   WHOI Sea Grant (WHOI SG) and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Woods Hole, MA developed a program to create educational materials relating to key marine and…

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Options Prices for Groundwater Protection

Options Prices for Groundwater Protection Edwards, S.F. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 15, pp. 475-487, 1988 WHOI-R-88-012 This paper reports results from a contingent valuation study of households’ willingness to pay to prevent uncertain, future nitrate contamination of a portable supply of groundwater. Probability of future demand, change in the probability of future…

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Update on K-12 Activities

March 2018 — The Woods Hole Sea Grant Education Program (WHSGEP) in collaboration with WHOI will again be offering its semi-annual teacher workshop, “Topics in Oceanography”. These workshops happen in the spring and fall and are designed to allow teachers to interact with our oceanographers, either visit their lab or go on a local field…

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“Marine Invaders” Educator Workshop Scheduled for December

Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other species are the featured subjects in the next WHSG Topics in Oceanography (TIO) workshop for informal and formal educators grades 6-12. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, December 3 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Woods Hole Sea Grant Program, WHOI Information Office,…

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Restoring Eelgrass: Identifying best practices for a seed-based approach

Restoring Eelgrass: Identifying best practices for a seed-based approach Principal Investigators Jill Carr, University of Massachusetts Boston Forest Schenck, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Alison Frye, Salem Sound Coastwatch Abstract Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a critical marine habitat that provides a myriad of ecosystem services, yet its extent continues to decline across the Massachusetts coastline…

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Teacher Workshop: December, 3 2021-Invasive Species

Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other local invasive species Presenters: Dr. Carolyn Tepolt, WHOI Biology Department – Invasive Species on Our Shores, Presentation Slides   Dan Martino, co-owner, Cottage City Oysters – Invasive Species in Aquaculture, Presentation Slides   Date:  December 2021   Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities NOAA Live! 4 Kids recorded webinars:  These…

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