{"id":21874,"date":"2016-05-27T09:22:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/?p=7735"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:54:13","slug":"steam-on-the-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/steam-on-the-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"STEAM on the Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photos by Bill Birkemeier, In the Lens Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Posted May 27, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n Recently, I worked with a group of women to plan and conduct the Outer Banks Coastal STEAM Day. We planned a day-long event for Girl Scouts in northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia focusing on STEAM \u2014 science, technology, engineering, art and math.<\/p>\n Our vision for this marine-related event had women scientists and educators sharing their knowledge, expertise and career paths with Cadettes (middle school) and Seniors (high school) on a Saturday in May.<\/p>\n On the steering committee, I was joined by colleagues from the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast<\/a> (GSCCC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 Field Research Facility<\/a> (FRF) in Duck, and the University of North Carolina\u2019s Coastal Studies Institute<\/a> (CSI), as well as some local community members.<\/p>\n This inaugural coastal STEAM event featured presenters from UNC CSI, FRF, Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research<\/a>, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island<\/a> and Jennette\u2019s Pier<\/a>. The scientists and educators discussed energy and wind turbines, native plants and wildlife, bioacoustics, plankton, research on local dolphin populations, and coastal research using lasers and drones.<\/p>\n
