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<p><font face="Cambria">Second announcement!!</font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria">There's still room in<font face="Cambria">
the <font face="Cambria">May WHOI Professional Development
Workshop for Educators: </font></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Professional Development Workshop
for educators</span></b><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""><br>
offered by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Woods
Hole Sea Grant<br>
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<b>"</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Plastic and
Microplastic in the Ocean: What is it, and what happens to it?<span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">"<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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Presenters:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman"">Dr. Tracy John Mincer, WHOI Marine Chemistry
and Geochemistry Department;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman"">Mr. Jeffrey Brodeur, Communications and
Outreach Specialist, Woods Hole Sea Grant <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman"">Human-generated plastic debris in the ocean is
a growing problem. Learn about plastic that ends up in the sea,
from large visible items down to micro-sized particles. Find out
what happens to plastics on a beach or in the open sea. Hear
what directions research is taking and go to a local beach to
see how ‘citizen science’ is helping track the problem.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>K-12 resources included.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">When: Friday May 20, 2016,<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>9:30 – 2:30, </span></b><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">at the WHOI <a
href="http://www.whoi.edu/main/ocean-science-exhibit-center">Ocean
Science Exhibit Center</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>General level, middle school
and high school educators. </span><span
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New Roman""><br>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Registration $30</b>,
breakfast, lunch, and parking passes provided, professional
development certificates available. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman"">To Register, contact: Kate Madin, Woods Hole
Sea Grant,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kmadin@whoi.edu"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kmadin@whoi.edu">kmadin@whoi.edu</a></a>
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Send checks (payable to WHOI) to: <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman"">Kate Madin,<br>
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #2,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family:Calibri">Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050</span>
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