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<b>Build-your-own-Drifter</b><b><br>
</b><b>Educator Professional Development Workshop</b><b><br>
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Looking for a unique and meaningful way to teach oceanography while
connecting students to real-science tools and applications of
technology? Build your own ocean-going drifter and deploy it. Your
students will be amazed as they watch and learn in real-time how
surface ocean currents circulate in your area. Professional
development around using ocean observing data and tools in the
classroom will be included.<br>
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WHO:</span> Teachers and informal science educators</div>
<div><span class="bold">WHEN:</span> Saturday, March 9, 2013, 10:00
am to 4:00 pm (BYO lunch)</div>
<div><span class="bold">WHERE:</span> NOAA Northeast Fisheries
Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, (Directions will be provided)</div>
<div><span class="bold">COST:</span> Workshop attendance FREE.
$500* per drifter (teams welcome), some scholarships are available</div>
<div class="indent2">*cost may vary based on your desired level of
satellite tracking</div>
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For more information and registration details:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.massmarineeducators.org/opportunities.php">http://www.massmarineeducators.org/opportunities.php</a><br>
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Sponsored by the Massachusetts Marine Educators, Northeastern
Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, and the
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center<br>
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