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Here's hoping that we can establish some serious ties to folks on or near our coasts (or not) who teach some type of Marine Biology course.

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Latest Activity: Dec 24, 2011

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Textbooks? 1 Reply

So I got a new textbook this year for my Marine Bio class (Life on an Ocean Planet) - went with a high school level as the previous college level seemed too much for my regular level kids.Decided…Continue

Started by Diane Russo. Last reply by Gwen Noda Dec 24, 2011.

Coral Restoration Foundation

http://www.coralrestoration.org/CRF/index.php FYI...If any of you ever get the chance to do the workshop with Ken down in Key Largo it is…Continue

Started by Mike Pilliod Nov 3, 2010.

Looking for partnerships from landlocked Colorado 2 Replies

I just got the go ahead to teach a marine biology class at my high school. I am thrilled to do this but as I look at various syllabi, all have field experiences for their students. We are in…Continue

Started by Diane DeLoux. Last reply by Diane DeLoux Jun 14, 2010.

Suggestions for Marine Science Semester course 6 Replies

During the fall of 2009 I will be teaching a Marine Science course for a semester. I have tried for several years to get this course for several reasons- student interest in the subject, an option…Continue

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Started by Debra Garcia. Last reply by Gwen Noda Jun 7, 2010.

sea cucumber invicerating.. 3 Replies

does anybody have a good link to show how the lovely sea cucumber invicerates itself?thank you in advance!!Continue

Started by malcolm chrystal. Last reply by Colin Matheson Mar 4, 2010.

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Comment by Cara Heitz on January 11, 2009 at 2:52am: Hi,
I teach in Cordova, Alaska. A town of about 2000 on Prince William Sound (A.K.A. near where the Exxon spilled) and we are only reachable by ferry or plane. I teach Marine as a gen elective to students who mostly take it for a 3rd credit for science for graduation but a lot are commercial fisherman. Our school is 5 minutes from the ocean and we have a 75 gallon tank in class we upkeep. I have a strong background in the medical field with an undergrad in zoology and this is my only second year teaching Marine. I never took a course in it myself, but I sure am loving it! I have been on Scuttlebutt for a year now and love any input on teaching high school Marine and general sharing of info....

Comment by Sean Nash on January 11, 2009 at 10:07am: Cara... I agree. Scuttlebutt is a great resource. I am assuming that is how you found us here on The Synapse?

We could certainly share resources at some time... wow. My course is also an elective, but with a subtropical focus. We meet Monday nights from 7 to 9pm, to allow participation by kid sin other activities from our three public high schools. I treat the course as a huge carrot at the end of one's high school science career. The carrot? => 8 days & nights aboard 45 foot sailboats, up and down the Andros reef (third longest "barrier" reef in the world) in The Bahamas in April. It is truly the middle of nowhere, and in an area of the Atlantic/Caribbean where corals are still relatively healthy. We have photographically tracked the health of reefs in these areas since about 2000. (much more developed blog post on this forthcoming)

I had a former student start a class website in 2000, that we updated until about 2004. I then stopped updating due to frustration with my inability to create an interactive site that was highly customizable. This summer I navigated to Ning for our current site. All of the work done there thus far has been by the current class who has yet to swim on a reef (some have yet to see the ocean to be honest). However, some of our alums who are studying marine biology at the masters or PhD level jump back in to share from time to time. I am anxious to see how the site develops from that point on.

So yeah- think about how we might be able to interact from the cold to the warm ocean!

Sean

Comment by Sean Nash on October 29, 2010 at 3:33pm: Trying a new embedding service:

Open publication - Free publishing - More staghorn

Comment by Gwen Noda on November 2, 2010 at 9:36pm: Starting two days ago (and lasting for 3 weeks), COSEE-West is hosting a free online workshop about evolution using marine examples. We have lectures from an excellent lecturer, Dr. Pat Krug from CSULA. He will give one of the 3 lectures live online through Elluminate on Sat Nov 6.
For more information, sign up for the workshop here:
http://www.coexploration.org/cosee_west/fall2010/
See you online!

Comment by Sean Nash on August 11, 2011 at 8:29am: Just sharing this little element of my day because, even though I do this sort of a thing for a living, I still can't get over how amazing it is for two things to happen:

1) I never really "lose" my students anymore. Since the beginning of this network, they keep finding reasons to come back in and share their life story, and...

2) For an odd little community of Marine Biologists to spring up in NW Missouri. So funny.

Here's the link.

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