<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:37.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.75pt">Family Science Night</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:16.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.4pt">Deep Sea Exploration: Life Without Sunlight</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:16.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Thursday,
March 20, 5:30 - 7:30 PM</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">What kinds of creatures live on the cold,
dark ocean bottom? Come in and see what the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution is discovering about the Deep Sea.<br>
<br>
Dr. Stefan Sievert, Chief Scientist, will place a call to the research
vessel <i>Atlantis</i>, working in the Gulf of Mexico, to speak with Dr.
Dorsey Wanless, Geology and Geophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, on the first
expedition with the new <b><a href="http://oceanexplorium.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d10739c391005e109c0d44e9&id=8435079640&e=7fb9061616" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:black;font-weight:normal">Alvin</span></i></a> </b>submersible. Our own Explorer in
residence, Rhonda Moniz, will be here to talk about Remotely Operated Vehicles
(ROV's).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">This Free Family Science Night is the perfect
opportunity to discover the marine scientist in yourself! There will be
hands-on activities for all ages as well as special presentations on Science on
a SphereŽ.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Free Family Science Night is funded by the
National Science Foundation. The Ocean Explorium is working with the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to bring their research to the community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">The Science on a SphereŽ is generously
provided through a partnership with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></p><div><div dir="ltr">Annette Brickley<div>Ocean Academy</div><div>Ocean Explorium</div><div>508-994-5400 x.23</div><div>207-951-6273 mobile</div></div></div>
</div>