[SEMCO] Free Online Marine Science Workshop for teachers

[Pat Harcourt]

*Free Online Marine Science Workshop*

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“Microbes down below! Exploring life beneath the ocean floor”*

Monday, November 4 – Friday, November 15, 2013

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!   log on to

http://www.coexploration.org/C-DEBI

Designed for community college instructors and high school teachers; open
to all

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The Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) and the
College of Exploration invite you to explore “life on the dark side” in a
free online workshop: “Microbes down below! Exploring life beneath the
ocean floor”

Materials and content will be especially designed for use in community
college classes, with additional materials for high school classes.
Participation is free and open to all.

C-DEBI scientists have drilled deep into the ocean floor to study how
microbial life survives and thrives in sediments and rock below the bottom
of the ocean, a dark world far below the sunlit photic zone. In the
workshop, we will investigate life in extreme environments, chemosynthesis,
microbial evolution, marine technology and engineering, and many other
topics.

During the workshop you will meet and interact personally with C-DEBI
scientists and collect resources and lessons to help you share this
exciting research with your students. During Week One, Dr. John Kirkpatrick
will introduce the C-DEBI project and explain the specialized tools and
innovative methods used in “Studying Life Below the Sea Floor.” In Week
Two, Dr. Brandi Reese will describe C-DEBI research on the limits of life
and the extent of microbial life in extreme ocean environments in “The
Biogeography of the Deep Biosphere.”

Teaching resources will be provided in topic-themed collections, for use in
community college classes in biology, health sciences, Earth science,
chemistry, and technology. In addition, materials will be available that
are especially suitable for high school science classes in biology,
chemistry, Earth science, general science, technology, and engineering.

Participants may choose to earn graduate credit from Framingham State
University for this workshop.

Questions? Please contact Pat Harcourt pharcourt at gmail.com or Lynn Whitley
lwhitley at usc.edu
Learn more about C-DEBI research at http://www.darkenergybiosphere.org
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Pat Harcourt
pharcourt at gmail.com
508 215-9641
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