<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font>Free Online Marine Science Workshop</font></b> <br>
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“Microbes down below! Exploring life beneath the ocean floor”</b><br>
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<span><span>Monday, November 4 – Friday, November 15, 2013</span></span><br>
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! log on to<br>
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<a href="http://www.coexploration.org/C-DEBI" target="_blank">http://www.coexploration.org/C-DEBI</a> <br>
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Designed for community college instructors and high school teachers; open to all<br>
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<img alt="Inline image 5" src="cid:ii_14193cd314c2587e"><br><br>The Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) and the
College of Exploration invite you to explore “life on the dark side” in a
free online workshop: “Microbes down below! Exploring life beneath the
ocean floor”<br>
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Materials and content will be especially designed for use in community
college classes, with additional materials for high school classes.
Participation is free and open to all.<br>
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C-DEBI scientists have drilled deep into the ocean floor to study how
microbial life survives and thrives in sediments and rock below the
bottom of the ocean, a dark world far below the sunlit photic zone. In
the workshop, we will investigate life in extreme environments,
chemosynthesis, microbial evolution, marine technology and engineering,
and many other topics.<br>
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During the workshop you will meet and interact personally with C-DEBI
scientists and collect resources and lessons to help you share this
exciting research with your students. During Week One, Dr. John
Kirkpatrick will introduce the C-DEBI project and explain the
specialized tools and innovative methods used in “Studying Life Below
the Sea Floor.” In Week Two, Dr. Brandi Reese will describe C-DEBI
research on the limits of life and the extent of microbial life in
extreme ocean environments in “The Biogeography of the Deep Biosphere.”<br>
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Teaching resources will be provided in topic-themed collections, for use
in community college classes in biology, health sciences, Earth
science, chemistry, and technology. In addition, materials will be
available that are especially suitable for high school science classes
in biology, chemistry, Earth science, general science, technology, and
engineering.<br>
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Participants may choose to earn graduate credit from Framingham State University for this workshop.<br>
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Questions? Please contact Pat Harcourt <a href="mailto:pharcourt@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharcourt@gmail.com</a> or Lynn Whitley <a href="mailto:lwhitley@usc.edu" target="_blank">lwhitley@usc.edu</a><br>
Learn more about C-DEBI research at <a href="http://www.darkenergybiosphere.org" target="_blank">http://www.darkenergybiosphere.org</a><br>
--------------------------<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Pat Harcourt<br></div><a href="mailto:pharcourt@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharcourt@gmail.com</a><br><a href="tel:508%20215-9641" value="+15082159641" target="_blank">508 215-9641</a><br>
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