<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; z-index: 0;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The </span>Ocean 180 Video Challenge is entering its second year, offering an opportunity for ocean scientists to practice their communication and presentation skills. We would like to invite scientists, students, and teachers affiliated with WHOI Sea Grant to participate. If you have not already, please feel free to distribute this information through your research and education networks as you see fit.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;">Sponsored by the Florida Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE Florida) and funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation, the Ocean 180 Video Challenge is designed to encourage ocean scientists to share their discoveries and excitement for research with the public.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;">To enter, ocean scientists are asked to produce a 3-minute video abstract summarizing a peer-reviewed paper they have published in the last 5 years. Scientists at any career stage, from undergraduate students to senior scientists, are eligible to participate.<b> A total of $9,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to scientists who best communicate </b><b>the meaning, significance, and relevance of published research to general audiences.</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To select the winners, top entries will be viewed and evaluated by thousands of middle school students from around the world. Last year's finalists were viewed and judged by over 30,000 students in 13 countries, which provided significant opportunity to broaden the impact of their research efforts.<br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Teachers are welcome to register 6<sup>th</sup>-8<sup>th</sup> grade classrooms to participate as student judges until December 1, 2015 on our website: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ocean180.org/for-teachers/register-your-class.html" style="color: purple;">http://ocean180.org/for-teachers/register-your-class.html</a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Submissions for the 2015 Ocean 180 Video Challenge will be accepted from October 1 to December 1, 2014. Information, previous winners, and full contest guidelines can be found at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ocean180.org" style="color: purple;">http://ocean180.org</a>. All questions may be directed to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:info@ocean180.org" style="color: purple;">info@ocean180.org</a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please let me know if you have any questions. We hope you will be able to share this opportunity widely!</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thank you,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Mallory Watson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">COSEE Florida Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Florida Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">150 West University Boulevard<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Melbourne, Florida 32901<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Phone: 732-996-5312<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mwatson@fit.edu" style="color: purple;">mwatson@fit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Twitter: @Ocean180Video</span></div></div></div></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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