Check out new job listings at www.nysmea.org/jobs
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NYSMEA Conference 08
Each year we have a great conference
which includes
Education, Field work, Fraternity, and Food
Take a look at past year's conferences on www.NYSMEA.org
This year's conference will be held on June 8th at the
American Museum Of Natural History and Central Park.
Information and Registration at WWW.NYSMEA.org
Don't Miss It!!
Conference at a Glance Schedule
June 8th is World Ocean Day - the
beginning of
World Ocean Week - What a great way to finish out
the school year.
http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/
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What are you doing this summer? Early bird
registration for the National Marine Education Association (NMEA)
Conference ends June1st
Go to http://www.nmeaweb.org/savannah2008/
for information and registration
June 1st is also the deadline for submitting your election ballots
(Our own Sarah Richards is running for the Board!)
to Exotic Places in November
Nov 2 to Nov 9, 2008
to
Akumal Beach Resort just south of Cancun, Mexico
Details
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| 2008
Wetland Delineation & Design Training |
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NEW JERSEY WETLANDS FIELD CAMP
- We are pleased to also be offering two wetland delineation
classes at The
New Jersey School of Conservation this summer and fall.
The
New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC) is the Environmental
Education Field Campus of Montclair State University. It is the
oldest university-operated environmental education center in the
nation. It is located 57 miles from the Montclair campus on a
240-acre tract located in Stokes State Forest in Sussex County.
Tuition includes camp accommodations and meals as well as all
classroom related handout materials.
The camp dates are: July 21 - 25, 2008 September 29 - October 3, 2008 |
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ONLINE - New Wetlands Hydrology
Design Class!
This
class is a complete presentation of the methods and calculations
necessary to properly plan for wetland hydrology. A water budget
will be established to enable students to understand how water
circulates though a wetland. Upon completion of the class
students will be able to prepare a water budget and properly
size a proposed wetland system. The class includes all the
necessary materials including a textbook to prepare a wetlands
water budget analysis. This class is offered online and
enrollment is now open!
This is a distance learner class. No travel is required
and you can work on the class anytime!
More info about this can be found here. |
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ONLINE WETLAND
DELINEATION CLASSES- We also offer an online
version of the wetland delineation class. Please go to
our website for more details. This is our full classroom
version of the class offered in a distance learner format.
We meet in the field for two days to provide hands on training
of the wetland delineation methods.
The online workshop dates are: June 11 -12, 2008 - North Carolina July 23 - 24, 2008 - New Jersey August 20 - 21, 2008 - North Carolina September 17 - 18, 2008 - North Carolina October 1 - 2, 2008 - New Jersey |
| PODCASTS - Finally, we are pleased to announce our Wetlands News Podcast. This podcast offers a notes from the field as well as updates on the latest developments in the wetlands world. Please visit our Podcast Page for more details. |
EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and Meetings
EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research
conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human
health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and
sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology.
Deadline 2: June 5, 2008. Deadline 3: December 9, 2008.
http://www.epa.gov/aging/grants/grant-list/2008_1209_grant_1.htm
Whaling Heritage Symposium at Mystic Seaport
Wanna See whales?
Come along with CRESLI this summer http://www.cresli.org/
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and the U.S. Navy’s Office of
Naval Research Launch AUVfest 2008!
Since 1997, the U. S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research has sponsored
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Festivals (AUVfests) to demonstrate the
capabilities of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for conducting
scientific and military work. In previous years, the emphasis has been on
mine countermeasures and how AUVs can remove humans from the dangerous job
of finding and destroying mines. AUVfest 2008, in partnership with
NOAA’s Ocean Exploration and Research Program, will expand this focus to
include marine archeology using AUVs to map shipwrecks and discover
long-buried artifacts.
These activities will take place at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center’s
Narragansett Bay Test Range off Newport, Rhode Island. In addition to
being a site where Navy torpedoes were tested for many years, Narragansett
Bay is the site of many shipwrecks. In addition to finding and mapping
buried mines, mine neutralization, and other mine countermeasure
operations, AUVs will explore four marine archaeological sites including
two Revolutionary War-era British frigates (the /Cerberus/ is one) and two
wrecks of early 20th-century ships. The experience gained to explore these
sites can help scientists explore many other places in the ocean that are
too large or too dangerous to be investigated directly by human divers.
Lesson plans have been developed for students in Grades 5-12 to complement
the science, mathematics, marine archaeology and maritime heritage focus
of AUVfest 2008. These can be found on the Ocean Explorer Web site at http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/welcome.html.
Other educational resources include the Expedition Education Module for
AUVfest, which focuses on the Expedition Purpose, OceanAGE Ocean Career
Connections, and Other Resources and Links. Join us for AUVfest 2008 as
you bring exciting new technologies into your classrooms to prepare
today’s students for the ocean-related careers of tomorrow
Here is a new video that has some real Biology in it.....
And a link to the PBS/Nature website for "Voyage of the Lonely Turtle" based on that turtle's journey: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/turtles/index.html
If you have a group or you individually would like to work with Sea Turtles on Costa Rica's Caribbean or Pacific Coast (depending on the time of year), please feel free to contact us. Thanks.
P.O. Box 141543
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49514-1543 USA
Local/International Phone: 001.616.604.0546
Toll Free U.S. and Canada: 1.877.255.3721
Skype/MS IM: travelwithrandr
AOL IM: buddythemacaw
E-mail: info@rainforestandreef.org and travelwithrandr@gmail.com
*Note: Please send inquiries to both e-mail addresses
Web: http://rainforestandreef.org
We
would like to announce the fifth in a series of Thank You Ocean
Report podcasts.
Mary Jane Schramm, Media and Public Outreach Specialist for the
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine
Sanctuary,
suggests ways to respectfully observe the natural behaviors
of harbor seals and their pups along our beaches. She also shares tips for
ways to enjoy coastal lands with dogs without impacting the wildlife.
We invite you to listen to the podcasts
by going to http://www.thankyouocean.org/podcast
A new podcast will be posted approximately
every two weeks and future topics include the West Coast Governors'
Agreement on Ocean Health, marine protected areas, and sharks
near the
Assistant
Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, California Resources Agency
Co-Chair,
Matt
Stout
Communications Branch Chief, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Co-Chair,
The Inland Seas Education Association is nationally known for its aquatic invasive species education programs. This summer we are again offering a 3-day Invasive Species Field Course for teachers, a 2-day Advanced Invasive Species course for teachers, and a 2-day Invasive Species Research course for High School students. Information on these courses and registration materials are available on our web site at http://www.schoolship.org/schoolship/?id=669 Tuition for these courses is paid by scholarship funds (no charge to participants). Partial funding is provided by a grant from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.epa.gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/index.htm
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Teachers for a third year this year.
It is a great opportunity for teachers to meet the scientists who work
at the Museum and learn first hand about their work and the tools that
they use. The program is a small audience format of 15 teachers and 15
high school students, this provides a great opportunity to learn and see
how students respond to this material. There are some great activities
for use in the Museum and in your classroom for teaching about Evolution
and systematics. For more information:. www.nysmea.org/act/TOLI.doc
Please let me know if you have any questions about the Institute or the
application procedure.
Thanks!
Jay Holmes
Senior Educational Supervisor Ph: 212-769-5039
Urban Advantage Fx: 212-769-5025
Department of Education EM: jholmes@amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History jholmes@igc.org
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
YouthCaN: http://www.youthcanworld.org
Jay's site: http://www.cryptolithus.com
Urban Advantage http://www.urbanadvantagenyc.org/
Have you checked out Blue Notes yet?
http://www.bluefront.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/Blue_Notes
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Live
From the Field fellowships
Apply
now to be considered for the 2008-09 school year!
Live
From the Field fellows join a fully funded one-to-two week long Earthwatch
research expedition during the school year, and are provided with the
technology and support to teach their students LIVE from that research
site. You will have the experience of a lifetime and your students
will be empowered and inspired. This
opportunity is available to all K-12 educators working in the
Imagine
exploring the Costa Rican rainforest in search of caterpillars, monitoring
mammals to determine potential impacts of climate change, or investigating
melting glaciers at the
- For
more information visit: www.earthwatch.org/LFF
- to
apply download our electronic
application
- To
nominate a friend or colleague use our nomination
form.
- Applications
are due by June 1st, to be considered for
the 2008-09 school year
Outreach
Coordinator
978.450.1268
(Direct Office)
fellowshipawards@earthwatch.org
Explore the Flower Garden Banks
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation and ConocoPhillips proudly present the 14th
annual Down Under, Out Yonder and Corals to Classrooms coral
reef workshops for K-12 and college entry biology educators nationwide.
Down Under, Out Yonder (DUOY) is a five-day workshop from July 19-23, 2008
that includes three days of scuba diving in the Flower Garden Banks
National Marine Sanctuary. Corals to Classrooms is the first
two-days of the land-based workshop without the additional scuba
component, which will be held July 19-20.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/professional.html
an email to info@NYSMEA.org and put "please remove" in the subject line.