[SEMCO] MIT Sea Grant's Sea Perch Institute Applications Open

[Rachel VanCott]

 MIT Sea Grant now accepting applications for the Sea Perch
Institute2011-2012 school year.

MIT Sea Grant College Program is now accepting
applications<http://seagrant.mit.edu/SPI_Application_2011.pdf>from New
England teachers for the
Sea Perch Institute 2011-2012 school year. Sea Perch
Institute<http://seagrant.mit.edu/spi.php>is an innovative, yearlong
teacher training course and a project-based,
hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program
experience for students of those teachers. Under the mentorship of MIT
SeaGrant educators and engineers, teachers work with their students to
design,
prototype, and implement a solution to a directed ocean engineering
challenge. At the end of the school year, teams are invited to the MIT
campus for the Sea Perch Institute Challenge final event.

*To Learn More:*

Go to our application page <http://seagrant.mit.edu/spi_application.php>.

*How to Apply*
1) Download and complete the
application<http://seagrant.mit.edu/SPI_Application_2011.pdf>form.
2) Return the application by email, to seagrant-ed at mit.edu, *by September
30, 2011.*

*Questions?*
To learn more about the program, or ask questions you might have, contact:

Rachel VanCott
Educator and Ocean Literacy Communicator
MIT Sea Grant College Program
O: 617-253-5944
C: 315-663-6691
vancott at mit.edu
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