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Photo: N. Pettigrew
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Dates: |
June 26 - June 30, 2006 |
Location:
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University of New Hampshire
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Durham, New Hampshire |
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This five-day teacher workshop focused
on the exciting and thought provoking theme of “Seasons
in the Sea: Understanding Change in the Gulf of Maine
through Buoys, Boats and Satellites.” Just like
on land, the ocean goes through seasonal changes that
cause plants and animals to adapt, bloom, retreat, die,
and flourish. From regional to microscopic scales, oceanic
changes can be recognized and studied by all levels of
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Photos:
D. Townsend |
MODIS
Satellite Image
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At this workshop,
participants learned new content, gained lab and sea research
experience as well as identified new classroom activities to
translate ocean science to learners. Through computers and web
available data, teachers learned how the Gulf of Maine works,
how it changes and how we can monitor those changes. Participants
identified and tracked seasonal oceanic changes by studying
such topics as phytoplankton blooms, satellite images, changes
in life stages of a larval fish, and seasonal migration patterns
of large pelagic fish. This workshop combined educational pedagogy
and cutting edge content to help teachers find new and effective
ways to teach their students about the ocean.
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