NYSMEA Announcements May 9

Register for the June 3,4,5 conference NOW by going to the webpage.
(or you may be closed out of the South Shore Estuary Flights or other field trips!)

Needed Nautical, Marine, Science related materials for the famous conference auction
textbooks, books and old stuff from home, school or donations from a business, or other facility
Contact Ed Wilensky for arrangements 516 594 2359 or Oceaned1@aol.com
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Needed! Dowling College's Environmental Symposium for high school students May 25th has proven so popular that we need judges for a select group of student science projects and also presenters to give workshop/presentations to other motivated students who have come to the Symposium We give you a great lunch and the opportunity to go canoeing from the Oakdale campus dock.
Contact Lou Siegel ASAP lousea@aol.com

One of our feature speakers at the Symposium is Ed Jameson who gives a great 3-D underwater presentation. He is coming down from New England just for the Symposium. It is a great opportunity to have him do a presentation for your school or group at an excellent rate. He would be available the day before or after or the night of the conference on the 25th. Contact me for more information Lou Siegel lousea@aol.com
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BioBlitz- NYSMEA members are needed to join Staff, Teachers and Scientists as they spent 24 hours from
noon Sat May 21st till noon Sunday May 22nd as they survey the entire
Leeds Pond Preserve on which is situated the Science Museum of Long Island.
Lou Siegel will need assistance seining at the waterfront
Activities suitable for the entire family are promised by Director, Dr. John Loret
contact:John Battaglia at 516 627 9400 ScienceMuseumLI@aol.com
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May and June are the months to observe and study the ancient rites of the horse shoe crab.
Here are a variety of activities.

If you want to really get involved and devote several nights to science research:

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For a walk join NYSMEA member, Alan Ascher
As you may know, the program committee of EEAC has planned a Beach Walk led by Alan Ascher for Wednesday, May 25 from 4-6:30PM at Plum Beach to observe the annual horseshoe crab mating. After, some people will be going to Nick's restaurant for supper. Regina McCarthy is coordinating this event and would like you to email her at jamaicabay@aol.com if you plan to go to the walk and/or the restaurant so she can make arrangements. In anticipation of this event, another interesting and informative evening is planned in beautiful Stuyvesant Cove Park (see below). We hope you can come to both events.

For a great Lecture Join, NYSMEA member, Dr. John Tanacredi

The Stuyvesant Cove Park Association, Inc. and the CEC Stuyvesant Cove Inc. invite you to the sixth program in the Sandi Simmons Ecology Series. On Thursday, May 19 at 7PM, Dr. John Tanacredi, the Chair of the Dowling College Department of Earth and Marine Science, will present an illustrated lecture on the American Horseshoe Crab. This fascinating living fossil, over 300 million years in the making, has blue blood. Come find out why this blood is extremely important to the pharmaceutical industry, which after harvesting it returns the crab to the ocean apparently unharmed. What is it about the horseshoe crab (which is not really a crab) that has enabled it to survive so long? Why is the survival of the horseshoe crab so important to migrating shore birds? What practice is endangering its survival and what is being done to protect it?

The program will take place in Solar 1 located along the banks of the East River just south of the 23rd Street Gulf gas station in Stuyvesant Cove Park. Refreshments of wine and cheese will be served. Suggested donation is $5 which goes toward the park.

The M23 crosstown bus meets all the subways and stops across from Solar 1 at the FDR Drive and East 23rd Street. For more information call 212-673-7507 or 212-505-6050.
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Even if you missed National Drinking Water Week, pass this on to kids
Interactive Question & Answer Game *- A flash animated game that
       gives the Answer and you have to choose the correct Question from
       three possible answers. The game lets you know instantly if you
       have the right answer.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html
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Blue Ocean Institute invites you to THE MUSTER, Sat May 14th, free, at Governors Island a chance to promote/share/learn about your ocean cause modeled after civil war enactments Details
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Don't miss George Matsumoto from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Center,
starring in "Life Under the Ocean," a mini-documentary on the "Futures
Channel" now through May 18! http://www.thefutureschannel.com/movie_of_the_week.html
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Employment opportunity:
Want to share your love of fishing and the environment? Recreational Fisheries Specialists
New York Sea Grant/Cornell University Cooperative Extension Long Island City,
Queens, New York. Work out of the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation Office, Region II Details
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Employment opportunity:
Chief Conservation and Education Officer for Catalina Island
Conservancy. . This position reports directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer and serves as a
member of the Conservancy's Executive Team. The Chief Conservation and
Education Officer is a senior level position that directs the
Conservancy's efforts relating to ecological protection and restoration
of the Island's natural resources, scientific research and monitoring,
and the development and deepening of ecological literacy.
tel (203) 532-5220; fax (203) 531-6459
email: kfortney@gkasearch.com
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Employment opportunity
How about being an Aquarium Educator at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium? Details
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Summer Internship Available at Blue Ocean Institute.
Part-time, paid internship available at Blue Ocean ’s Cold Spring Harbor , NY office.
Job description:We’re looking for someone to take on a variety of responsibilities, including, but not limited to, writing text for our website and cataloguing our storehouse of digital photos. Depending on the chosen applicant’s interests and skills, the position can also include seafood research, writing and editing for our new Sea Stories project, media outreach, and/or membership outreach. Please contact Mary Turnipseed at mturnipseed@blueocean.org with questions or to send your CV/resume.
Deadline for applications is May 10th.

Do you have non-English speaking students in your classes? you may want to go to one of these references from NMEA: Here are Spanish, French and German translations to marine organisms, actions and habitats, provided by Karin Wagner of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Graham Charles of the Marine Mammal Center found the Guía de campo del Acuario, also from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, to be very helpful. Gene Williamson mentioned that MBA might also have Spanish language flash cards of marine organisms.

Katia Sowers of the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Charleston, Oregon, suggested a childrens book “El Mundo Marino” by Francesca Baines (http://www.isbn.nu/0915741881).

Claire Johnson of the NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program forwarded very nice photo identification sheets of Pacific Coast species of plants and animals in Latin, English and Spanish. It is too large to post, but you can request a digital copy at: Claire.Johnson@noaa.gov

Another popular reference was the Dictionary of Oceanography and Marine Biology: http://castilla1492.freeyellow.com/ocean.html
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Massachusetts Ocean Education Guide Website - As part of Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) Secretary Ellen Roy Herzfelder's Ocean Education Program, CZM has developed a dynamic directory of ocean education resources. The directory includes field trips, speakers, curricula, publications, parent/child interactive programs, after school programs, workshops, films/videos, newsletters/periodicals, library/resource centers, volunteer opportunities, and other programs designed to assist K-12 educators in teaching about the Commonwealth's ocean resources. To access the Massachusetts Ocean Education Guide and/or to submit an ocean education program for inclusion, see http://www.mass.gov/czm/oceanmanagement/education/guide/index.htm.
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Reminder of this great resource of poems and prose::
The Hudson River E-Almanac is compiled and edited by Tom Lake and emailed weekly by DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program. To sign up to receive the E-Almanac (or to unsubscribe), send an email message to hrep@gw.dec.state.ny.us and write E-Almanac in the subject line.

Weekly issues are archived at http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/hudson/weekarchive.html . The DEC website's search engine allows one to search for mention of certain animals, locations, observers, or other Almanac information in these archives.
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Seminars on Science, the award-winning online professional development program from the American Museum of Natural History, is offering two courses in Earth Science this summer.
The following Ocean Science courses will run from June 27 to August 6:
The Ocean System – Integrated Science (a new course) investigates the ocean, from its origin and evolution to its incredible diversity of life and ecosystems. During the six weeks of the course, you will explore many of the same questions that oceanographers study today and examine the effects of human activities and consumption on the ocean system.
The Diversity of Fishes – Classification, Anatomy and Morphology. What is a fish? This course examines how ichthyologists pursue the evidence through the study of evolution, ecosystems, and biogeography.
Sharks and Rays – Ecology, Classification and Evolution. Explore the fossil record and the diversity of sharks and rays to learn about how they're related and the extraordinary sensory and reproductive features they share.
The coursework is designed for busy teachers, so you can complete the weekly activities at your convenience. All you need is Web access. Our Fishes and Sharks courses are available for up to 4 graduate credits from City University of New York, Adams State College, and Plymouth State University; our Ocean System course, a new course, is currently available for credit from Adams and Plymouth.
If you have questions, please email seminfo@amnh.org or call (800) 649-6715.
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"Encouraging Invention and Supporting Rising Inventors"
The Lemelson-MIT Program is dedicated to supporting and encouraging
invention and seeks to inspire students and rising inventors. Maximum
Award: $10,000. Eligibility: high school science, mathematics, and
technology teachers at public, private, and vocational schools and their
students. Deadline: May 6, 2005.
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/
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Watershed Forestry Institute for Teachers (WFIT). As you may
know, the Catskill Center will be running the WFIT this summer and next.
The dates this year are July 11th - 15th. Space is limited to 20 K-12 teachers (10
from the Catskills, and 10 from NYC). There is an application process,
and those are due by May 31st.The WFIT web site can be found at
http://www.catskillcenter.org/summer.html
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Nature of Learning Grant Program"
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s The Nature of Learning Grant
Program seeks to use National Wildlife Refuges as outdoor classrooms to
promote a greater understanding of local conservation issues and utilize
field experiences and student-led stewardship projects to connect
classroom lessons to real world issues, as well as build partnership among
local schools, community groups, natural resource professionals and local
businesses. Maximum Award: $1,000-$5,000. Eligibility: Schools or
nonprofit organizations. Deadline: June 15, 2005
http://refuges.fws.gov/education/natureOfLearning/intro.html
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Elementary School Environmental Artists needed! Submit contributions by May 13th.
For more information, visit www.wetland.org or contact
Suzie Hershberger at 410-745-9620 or pow@wetland.org
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Clean Beaches conference St. Petersburg October 31- November 2nd 2005!
For more information please visit our website at http://www.cleanbeaches.org/events/summit/2005/.
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NEA Foundation's June Grant Review" The NEA Foundation's next round of Innovation Grants and Learning & Leadership Grants is right around the corner. All applications received by June 1, 2005 will be reviewed, with award notification by November 15th. Applications for these grants are accepted on an ongoing, year-round basis, so it's never too late to apply. Grants fund activities for 12 months from the award date. Innovation Grants and Learning & Leadership Grants are available for all subjects, including the arts, literacy, science, and technology. All practicing K-12 public school teachers, education support professionals, or higher education faculty and staff at public colleges and universities are encouraged to apply. For more information: http://nfie.org/grants.htm
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NYSMEA Announcements, May 9, 2005

NYSMEA
The New York State
Marine Education Association

NYSMEA Announcements, May 9, 2005

NYSMEA The New York State Marine Education Association

NYSMEA
The New York State
Marine Education Association