[SEMCO] FREE High School Marine Protected Area Workshop

[Jeffrey Morgan]

Teachers, Administrators, After-school Directors, Librarians and Community
Center Directors:

*Ocean Protection Advocacy Kids, Inc. (OPAK) still has FREE Marine
Protected Area (MPA) Workshops available thanks to a grant from Lush
Cosmetics. *The workshop is called Flounderville and it gives your students
the opportunity to create their own mock MPA, as well as, advocate for real
MPAs in the region. The workshop runs in your classroom over a 90 minute
period (or two 45 minute periods) This opportunity will not last long!

*More information about Flounderville: *

Our planet is more than 70% ocean and for generations we have been
exploiting our marine resources and destroying pristine oceanic habitats.
Together we can bring back healthy oceans, but we must first learn how to
work together. In this workshop students will experience how local
stakeholders play a part in defending our oceans by creating a mock marine
protected area in small teams for the fictional city of Flounderville.

*Students will be able to: *

-Define Marine Protected Area (MPA)
-Describe the various types of MPA's found in the USA
-Understand how a MPA is formed
-Recognize the difficulties in creating marine policy
-Identify key stakeholders in local, state and federal marine policy and
evaluate their relevance
-Brainstorm ways for stakeholders to work together, determine next steps
and take informed action, as appropriate
-Discover avenues to protect local marine habitats
-Create a mock Marine Protected Area

Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework
(2016):
HS-ESS2-2; HS-ESS3-1; HS-ESS3-2; HS-ESS3-3; HS-LS2-7

Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework (2018):
Standards 1-7 for History and Social Science Practice, Pre-K-12

*Please contact OPAK's Executive Director, Jeffrey Morgan,
at jmorgan at opakedu.org <jmorgan at opakedu.org> for more information about the
workshop. You can also visit OPAK's website at www.opakedu.org
<http://www.opakedu.org/> *

Jeffrey Morgan

OPAK *| *Executive Director
jmorgan at opakedu.org
(203) 521-9537

*Become Curious *

*[image: www.opakedu.org] <http://www.opakedu.org>*
An Introduction to OPAK <https://vimeo.com/opak/opakpsa>
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