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Posted Jan. 16, 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome to the newest online issue of Scotch Bonnet<\/em>. This marine education newsletter also is available as a PDF<\/a> \u2014 if you\u2019re like me and want to keep a hard copy!<\/p>\n

Thanks to Windy Arey-Kent, Kama Cannon, Pat Curley, Megan Ennes, Sara Hallas, John McCord, Beverly Owens, Dottie Shuman, Renee Strnad, Ethan Theuerkauf and Mare Timmons for their contributions to this issue.<\/p>\n

Explore this issue of Scotch Bonnet<\/em>. There are professional-development opportunities and family explorations for everyone. Try to take advantage of these wonderful conferences, workshops and more. Keep reading for those unique opportunities and ideas for educators. There is a lot going on in North Carolina and beyond!<\/p>\n

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Young Marine Scientists at Carolina Beach Elementary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kama Cannon (right, in red) and her Carolina Beach Elementary School marine science students studied physical oceanography on local barrier islands. Photo courtesy Kama Cannon.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

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Cannon teaches her students using a place-based environmental education curriculum. Photo courtesy Kama Cannon.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Kama Cannon and her Carolina Beach Elementary School marine science students recently studied physical oceanography, including ocean currents and wave processes, on boogie boards. Later, they explored the salt marsh and mud flats in the Ft. Fisher basin.<\/p>\n

Students learned to use seine nets, collected and identified organisms, and developed an understanding of the local aquatic food web.\u00a0Cannon\u2019s cross-curricular\u00a0Marine Science and Ocean Literacy Program\u00a0provides an important place-based curriculum, encouraging students to explore STEM and social sciences right here on our barrier islands.<\/p>\n

For more information on designing place-based environmental education curriculums, please contact Cannon at kama.cannon@nhcs.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Year-long Maritime Heritage Speaker Series<\/h2>\n

coastalstudiesinstitute.org<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Logo<\/a>With the assistance of a grant from the Outer Banks Community Foundation, this January will see the commencement of a yearlong maritime heritage-themed speaker series on the Outer Banks. The program will celebrate the rich maritime heritage of northeastern North Carolina, with particular attention given to the wealth of shipwrecks found in our estuarine, coastal, and offshore waters.<\/p>\n

The result of a collaboration between the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute<\/a> (Maritime Heritage Program), East Carolina University<\/a> (Program in Maritime Studies<\/a>, Department of History<\/a>), and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum<\/a> (N.C. Department of Cultural Resources), the series will see scholars from East Carolina University, the National Park Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Florida\u2019s Bureau of Archaeological Research travel to the area each month from January to May and September to December to give presentations regarding ongoing or recently completed maritime archaeological investigations.<\/p>\n

The series, Our Underwater Heritage: Maritime Archaeology Projects in Coastal North Carolina,<\/em> will highlight a diversity of topics in local underwater archaeology, from the reconstruction of pivotal battles, iconic shipwrecks, and critical industries of yesteryear, to the challenges involved in the study and preservation of our maritime history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Day, Date<\/strong><\/th>\nTitle<\/strong><\/th>\nPresenter<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 1\/8<\/strong><\/td>\nDash at the Enemy: The Use of Modern Naval Theory to Examine the Battlefield at Elizabeth City, NC<\/td>\nAdam Parker, East Carolina University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 2\/5<\/strong><\/td>\nMatters of Steel: Examining the Deterioration of a World War II Merchant Shipwreck<\/td>\nKara Fox, East Carolina University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 3\/4 <\/strong><\/td>\nDefending The East Coast: How Converted Vessels Helped to Win the Battle of the Atlantic<\/td>\nWill Sassorossi, East Carolina University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 4\/2<\/strong><\/td>\nWhere Were the Whalers?\u00a0The History and Archaeology of Whaling in North Carolina<\/td>\nRyan Bradley, East Carolina University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 5\/6<\/strong><\/td>\nMore than meets the eye: artifacts from the sediments at site 31CR314, Queen Anne’s Revenge<\/em><\/td>\nFranklin Price, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 9\/3<\/strong><\/td>\nMirlo<\/em> Revisited: New Insights in the Design, Armament, Sinking, and Rescue of British Tanker Mirlo<\/em> during the First World War<\/td>\nJohn Bright, National Park Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 10\/1 <\/strong><\/td>\nArchaeological Findings from the 2013 Survey of the Soviet Tanker Ashkhabad<\/em><\/td>\nJoseph Hoyt, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 11\/5<\/strong><\/td>\nA Mobile Mystery: The History and Archaeology of the Corolla Wreck<\/td>\nDan Brown, SCIAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 12\/3<\/strong><\/td>\nLighthouses, Confederate Earthworks and Plantation Shipwrecks: An Investigation of Coastal Heritage Sites at Risk or Overlooked in Hanover and Brunswick Counties, NC<\/td>\nLynn Harris, East Carolina University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Each presentation will be given twice a day at two venues. The 11 a.m. morning presentation will occur at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village, and a duplicate evening talk at 6 p.m. is scheduled for CSI on Roanoke Island.<\/p>\n

In addition, the programs held at the UNC CSI campus will be streamed live and archived for future viewing at the UNC CSI\u2019s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com\/user\/UNCCSI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Marine Education Internships, Savannah, Ga.<\/h2>\n

marex.uga.edu\/sea_grant_internship\/<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Georgia’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium offers annual postbaccalaureate internships in marine education. Interns train and work for 50 weeks at the Marine Education Center and Aquarium, near Savannah, Ga. Four interns will be selected for the period of Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 12, 2016. Salary is $8.14 per hour. On-site housing is required. Marine Education internship salaries are supported through Georgia Sea Grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sea Grant Marine Education internships are designed for recent college graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology who would like some teaching experience in marine science and coastal ecology. The internships provide a transitional period between college and permanent professional positions or graduate work. Interns live on site for 50 weeks in studio apartments provided by the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium. Meals are available without charge in the cafeteria whenever visiting groups are on campus.<\/p>\n

The internship includes a variety of teaching opportunities: in the salt marsh and maritime forest, on the beaches of developed and pristine barrier islands of Tybee and Wassaw, on research vessels, and in well-equipped plankton, fish, and invertebrate labs. Interns begin to teach after a six- to eight-week training period. They also are responsible for maintaining touch-tank animals, working in the aquarium one to two Saturdays a month, and assisting staff in other areas of operation where necessary. During the winter months, each intern also completes an education project.<\/p>\n

This internship offers outstanding professional training. When interns complete this program, they are ready to step into an educator position at an informal science facility \u2014 and several graduates from this internship program work in North Carolina EE centers! If you know of any recent college graduates in science who might be looking for education training, please share this information.<\/p>\n

The application deadline is coming up soon \u2014 April 4. For application procedures and additional information, go to marex.uga.edu\/sea_grant_internship\/. Contact Maryellen Timmons at mare@uga.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NOAA Ocean Explore Workshop, Part 2<\/h2>\n

oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/okeanos\/edu\/welcome.html<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n