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<p class="MsoNormal">Please consider sharing the following update to the MME Conference Announcement – now includes Workshop topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>______<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>40<sup>th</sup> Annual Massachusetts Marine Educators Meeting and Conference -<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Practicing Marine Science: Models for the Classroom”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*Announcement Update – Workshop Descriptions Now Available!*<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When: Saturday, 9 April 2016 from 8:30am to 3:30pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Where: Clark Building on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Quissett Campus (360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Morning Keynotes –<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Ben Harden, Sea Education Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Where does the Gulf Stream Go?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Carla Curran, Savannah State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Using marine mammals as a “hook” to engage K-12 students in science.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Afternoon Workshops – <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Choose two afternoon workshops from a suite of options designed to help you implement the newly adopted Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering
Standards, and the Science Engineering Design Practices, with a particular focus on using mod­eling and data in the classroom.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">SCUTES: Collecting & Mapping Data From the Endangered Sturgeon
</span></b>Grade Level: 6-12<b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Density, Stratification and Mixing </b>Grade Level: All<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>How Scientists Predict and Study Coral Bleaching </b>Grade Level: 9-12<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Creating Engaging and Inspiring Climate Activities Amongst the Doom and Gloom
</span></b><span style="color:black">Grade Level: 3-8<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bringing Plastic Marine Debris into the Classroom </b>Grade Level: 5-12<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Navigating on Nobska Beach </b>Grade level: 9-12<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Where’s that dolphin and who is it hanging out with? Using marine mammal research to teach math and geography
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Grade level: k-12<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Certificate of Participation will be available for those wishing to earn professional development points.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For more information, workshop descriptions, and to register, please visit:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ma-marine-ed.org/mmeevents/whoi-conference/">http://ma-marine-ed.org/mmeevents/whoi-conference/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Early Bird Registration discount before 28 March!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions? Contact Amy Siuda at <a href="mailto:amys@sea.edu">
amys@sea.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">Amy NS Siuda, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A"><br>
Associate Professor, Oceanography<br>
SEA Semester Alumna C-142<br>
Sea Education Association <br>
P.O. Box 6 • Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
<b>t:</b> 508.540.3954 x551<br>
<b>f:</b> 800.977.8516<br>
<a href="http://www.sea.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#CE1628">www.sea.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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