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WhaleNet Expands Your Educational Horizons
with Telecommunications.
http://whale.wheelock.edu
WhaleNet,
in conjunction with research groups, educational organizations, and
whale watch companies, provides a program to enhance the educational
opportunities of students.
WhaleNet
offers students and teachers curriculum resources and support, a
source of data for interdisciplinary classroom activities, and
interactive informational support through WhaleNet/EnviroNet utilizing
telecommunications.
WhaleNet
established Internet communication between researchers and students
from around the world so that they can share and use research data,
collaborative learning, and personal field experiences to enhance
their educationand interest in science. WhaleNet provides a system
where students, teachers, and researchers collect and then compile
their data on the WhaleNet server. The data is then shared, via
WhaleNet, with schools for interdisciplinary curricular activities and
student research in their respective classrooms world-wide.
WhaleNet
is an interdisciplinary program to enhance science education and
environmental awareness using telecommunications. WhaleNet, part of
EnviroNet , is an
enhancement project funded by the National Science Foundation, and
sponsored by Wheelock College and Simmons College in Boston.
Class activities may be supplemented with information and
materials made available through WhaleNet:
Plans to build a life-sized (55 ft.) inflatable whale that the students can actually walk through
Interactive CD-ROM, In the Company of Whales and
the Elementary Whale Study Curriculum (EWSC) developed by Whale Conservation Institute, and the Discovery Channel.
Also available are booklets from J. Michael Williamson such as:
Whale Watches as Interdisciplinary Teaching Opportunities,
The World of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises -- Interdisciplinary
Curriculum Activities for Pre-K through High School, and
Marine Science Activities on a Budget.
WhaleNet curricula support continues
through the winter months by utilizing information from the humpback
southern breeding areas, WCI Patagonia right whale research, and
research information on tracking whales, ocean toxics (ECOTOX), and
bioacoustics supplied by the voyages of the WCI research vessel
Odyssey.
WhaleNet
Expand Your Educational Horizons
with Telecommunications
WhaleNet establishes Internet communications amongst students, researchers, and educators from around the world to share and use actual research data and personal field experiences for collaborative learning; to foster interdisciplinary education and environmental awareness; and to enhance interest in science and mathematics.
WhaleNet projects (partial list):
Curriculum supplements available through WhaleNet include:
WhaleNet, with EnviroNet, is an enhancement project funded by the National Science Foundation and sponsored by Wheelock College and Simmons College in Boston, MA.
If you are interested in receiving more information, or participating in this program, contact, Michael Williamson, WhaleNet Principal Investigator, <williams@whale.wheelock.edu>, 617/734-5200, X256, Fax 617/734-8666, Wheelock College, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215, or Paul Colombo, <colombo@whale.simmons.edu>, 617/521-2665.
WhaleNet Access:
http://whale.wheelock.edu
If you are interested in receiving more information, participating in
the WhaleNet educational program, or learning more you can contact:
Michael Williamson
williams@whale.wheelock.edu
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colombo@whale.simmons.edu
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WhaleNet Coordinator
Wheelock College
200 The Riverway
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 734-5200, x.256
Fax: (617) 566-7369
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EnviroNet Coordinator
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 521-2665
Fax: (617) 521-3199
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