<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-indent:36pt;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ocean Academy*   </span><br></font></div><span style="font-size:13px"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:19px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000">“Cycles: More Than You Think”    10 PDP’s</font></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:19px;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div></span><div style="font-size:13px"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000">Four Wednesdays; March 4, 11, 18 &amp; 25, 2015</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> ~ </span><span style="font-size:5px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">   </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">from 4pm - 7pm</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Buttonwood Park Zoo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 425 Hawthorn St, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">New Bedford, MA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">This program’s design will cover the Advanced Placement, NGSS and MA State Frameworks dealing with the interactions and cross connections of the biogeochemical nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon cycles.  Participants will learn about current research on connections between biogeochemical cycles and the relevance to the local Buzzards Bay Ecosystem and global marine systems. The material will align best with AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Environmental, however, all high school Biology and Marine Science teachers will find valuable and relevant material for their courses as well. The program assessments will include; both pre and post tests and a class lesson share.  Participants will earn 10 PDP’s upon completion of the full program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Facilitators</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ocean Academy* Co-Director’s</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:24px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Annette Brickley</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:24px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">David Welty, PhD. </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 20 TEACHERS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">There is no cost for this workshop.  Go to the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HJCdPdvH9YR-4UXYgl_xdvcljLShS7NaznGEVAT3-Co/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">online registration form</span></a><span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (</span><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/sJllb3zdQU" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://goo.gl/forms/sJllb3zdQU</span></a><span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">) to register.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If you have questions or need to cancel your registration, please contact:   </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Annette Brickley (</span><a href="mailto:abrickley@oceanexplorium.org" target="_blank" style="line-height:1;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">abrickley@oceanexplorium.org</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">This opportunity is made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation to Dr. Mark Altabet, UMass Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology as a “broader impacts” portion of a collaborative research grant NSF #</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1153295.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">*The Ocean Academy is a professional development provider that offers supportive training opportunities in the sciences, math and other related disciplines.  Operated by the  Ocean Explorium and New Bedford Oceanarium since 2002, it will continue it’s mission working in close partnership with the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society, the Center for University, School, and Community Partnerships (UMass Dartmouth) and other partners.</span></p></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Annette Brickley<div>Ocean Academy</div><div>207-951-6273 mobile</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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