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Hello
teachers,<br>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You are invited to join
Massachusetts Marine Educators for our annual
conference Saturday May 3 at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as we
celebrate
the International Polar Year with ocean science presentations, teaching
ideas
and materials, and field trips.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Please
share this information with colleagues and pardon multiple postings.<br>
Thank you,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Pat
Harcourt</span></font></p>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;" align="left"><b><font
color="#000099" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Massachusetts</span></font></b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Marine Educators<br>
32nd Woods Hole Conference and Annual Meeting</span></font></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Saturday, May 3, 2008</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
Redfield Auditorium,
WHOI </span></font><font color="black" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">8:30 AM – 4:30 PM</span></font></p>
<h1 style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><font color="#000099"
face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">International
Polar Year: Distant
Events That Hit Close to Home</span></font></b></h1>
<p><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Join
us </span></font></b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">for the
32nd annual Massachusetts Marine Educators conference at
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as we investigate The
International Polar Year program. WHOI scientists Mary-Louise
Timmermans and
Hal Caswell and MBL’s Ecosystem Center Co-Director, Hugh Ducklow,
connect
the polar dots to </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Massachusetts</span></font><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> through
their research in the </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Arctic</span></font><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> and
Antarctic. Learn
about their work, their experiences and how their findings might impact
all of
us. Teacher-led workshops and tours of local facilities will wrap up a
full day
of marine science and collegial interaction. Join colleagues who love
the ocean
as you </span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">collect
teaching
resources</span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">, exchange
ideas, and
earn PDPs</span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="bluebold"><b><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">COST</span></font></b></span><span
class="bluebold"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">:</span></font></span><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> $55
(includes </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Cape Cod</span></font><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> chowder
and teaching materials)<br>
We welcome first time new members at $35.</span></font></p>
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size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Location:</span></font></b><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Redfield
lab, </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Water Street</span></font><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">, Woods Hole</span></font></p>
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size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Register</span></font></b><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> by
mail using the form below or walk in to register Saturday May 3 </span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="black" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
</span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">More
registration info</span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> at <a
href="http://www.massmarineeducators.org/">www.massmarineeducators.org</a><br>
</span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">Questions?</span></font><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Contact
Bob Rocha (508) 997-0046 x149 <a href="mailto:rrocha@whalingmuseum.org">rrocha@whalingmuseum.org</a><br>
</span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);"> Plan
to stay for the MME social
at the </span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">SEA</span></font><font
color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">
</span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">Building</span></font><font
color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">
in Woods Hole!</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><!--
<div class="bold">Conference Schedule:</div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">8:30 - 9:00</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Registration and sign up for afternoon workshops and tours</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">9:00-9:15</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Welcome and overview of conference</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">9:15-10:15</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Arthur Newhall, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: <span class="italic">Sounding the Depths: Acoustics in Ocean Research</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">10:15-10:30</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">BREAK - Explore the displays and exhibits; complimentary coffee and donuts</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">10:30-11:30</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: <span class="italic">Live from the Poles! How to connect your class to scientists for the International Polar Year</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">11:30-12:00</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">MME Awards and Annual Meeting</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">12:00-1:00</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Lunch: enjoy a delicious cup of Cape Cod chowder</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">1:00-1:45</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Carolyn Sheild, Clarke Middle School, Lexington: <span class="italic">Student research and my dive in the deep-sea submersible ALVIN</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">1:45-2:15</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Presentation of door prizes - lots of goodies for teaching and enjoying the ocean!</td>
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<td colspan="2"><br /><div class="italic">Afternoon workshops and tours: choose from several topics and locations</div><br /></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">2:30-3:30</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Workshops: Collect teaching materials and ideas as you choose from sessions on marine acoustics, the latest oceanographic sampling equipment, engineering an autonomous underwater vehicle, or using marine sediments to make ceramics; or choose to experience sampling in Woods Hole waters with the educational group OceanQuest on a 2-hour cruise aboard the “Sea Star” (pre-registration required)</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">3:30-4:30</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Tours: choose to visit Woods Hole vessel docks, the Marine Biological Laboratory’s fish and invertebrate facility, or the US Coast Guard station and learn about the amazing ocean research, technology, and education supported by these institutions.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="15%">5:00-6:00</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;" width="85%">Social reception at Fisher House, Woods Hole <span class="italic">Complementary refreshments</span></td>
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<p class="sign"><span class="bold">Directions to Redfield lab, WHOI:</span> From the Bourne Bridge rotary, travel south on Route 28. At the second rotary on Route 28, travel halfway around to continue south to the town of Falmouth. After a traffic light, continue straight for about half a mile and bear right at the Gulf station onto Woods Hole Road. Travel four miles to WHOI’s facilities in the village of Woods Hole. Redfield is the first large brick building on the right as you enter Woods Hole village, just after you pass School Street. Limited street parking is available in the village, and the WHOI lot across from Redfield will be available to attendees.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">MME
Conference Registration Form</span></font><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font><font
color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">(Registration
includes one year of MME membership)</span></font><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
</span></font><font color="#7f007f" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 0, 127);">PLEASE
FILL IN ALL INFORMATION
including e-mail address if you have one.</span></font><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">____ Conference registration:
$55.00 ____ New members: $35.00</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Name:
_______________________________________________________________________</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Address:______________________________________________________________________</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">City:</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">________________________</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">State</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">: ____ Zip:________ <span
class="bold1"><b>E-mail:</b></span> _________________________________<br>
e-mail information is required for time sensitive mailings and is not
given to
any other organization.</span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Please send a check made out to
<span class="bold1"><b>MME</b></span>
for the appropriate amount to:<br>
Pat Harcourt<br>
</span></font><font color="black" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">38 Hillcrest Dr</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">.<br>
</span></font><font color="black" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Falmouth</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">, </span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">MA</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">02540</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;">Questions?</span></font><font
color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
Contact Bob Rocha (508) 997-0046 x149 <a
href="mailto:rrocha@whalingmuseum.org">rrocha@whalingmuseum.org</a></span></font></p>
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