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Opportunities and Information
Wheelock College Ed 654: Field Study in Marine Science
This course is taught by Michael Williamson, WhaleNet PI, and is offered through Wheelock College, Boston, Mass. Ed 654 teaches general marine ecology while focusing on the various whale populations. The course is taught daily for a two week period in August aboard the Capt. Red out of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
STUDY WHALES IN BAJA, MEXICO IN WINTER
or LONGUE POINTE DE MINGAN, QUEBEC IN SUMMER
A special session of ED 654 is being offered in Baja, Mexico during February and March, 1998. Experience Baja and study marine life in the area. The summer course in Longue Pointe de Mingan, Quebec, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, offers unique experiences with blue, humpback and fin whales as well as dolphins, seals and sea birds. The course is being offered in conjunction with the Mingan Island Cetacean Study research and WhaleNet/Wheelock College.
Bermuda Masters Program
This master's degree program is offered in Bermuda for the 1996-98 academic years. Check this link for details of this program.
Schedule of WhaleNet Workshops around the country.
Simmons College
Tropical Biology Field Trip
This course explores the interrelationships of marine organisms and their environment. The six week summer course includes: lecture and laboratory components ( 5 weeks at Simmons College ) and field trip experience ( 1 week at the Bahamian Marine Field Station on San Salvador Island ).
Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
The College in Bar Harbor, Maine offers a number of summer courses in Ecology and Marine Mammalogy.
WhaleNet Regional Coordination Centers
WhaleNet Regional Coordination Centers offer professional development workshops in education and telecommunications in Santa Barbara, California, Port Aransas, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Witchita, Kansas, and Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Emphasis is on using and integrating WhaleNet and telecommunications with your curriculum.
California
M.A.R.E (Marine
Activities Resources & Education) Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Berkeley, CA. See this link for K-8 Teacher Workshops.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD,
9500 Gilman Dr. UCSD-0207, La Jolla, CA 92093-0207
Contact: Diane Baxter: (619)534-6295
Oceanography and Coastal Processes Course for Elementary and Middle School Teachers.
Florida
J. Seward Johnson Marine Education Center
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 US 1 North, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946
Contact: Susan Cook(561)465-2400 x500
Workshops for college faculty and marine educators.
Maine
Field Studies by the Sea
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
contact: Ted Koffman 1-800-597-9500
Graduate level summer courses in natural history and environmental sciences for practicing teachers and their families.
Applied Marine Ecology in Maine
George Washington Univ., Dept of Biological Sciences, Washington DC, 20052
contact: Robert E. Knowlton (202)994-6093
Summer undergraduate and graduate courses for teachers. Field studies of interactions among biotic and abiotic componenetsof coastal ecosystems, with emphasis on human impacts.
Massachusetts
Earthwatch Center For Field Research
Earthwatch offers a large number of educational field expeditions.
Marine Education Center of Cape Ann
MECCA offers short courses in the area of Cape Ann (Gloucester), Massachusetts.
SEA Education Association
People have always been fascinated by the oceans, but only a relative few have ventured out and learned directly from the ocean itself. The Sea Education Association (SEA) challenges students and teachers with exciting, interdisciplinary academic programs ashore and at sea. This extraordinary adventure in education allows you to study the oceans and test your limits in the world offshore.
Center for Coastal Studies Summer Programs , Provincetown, MA
The CCS offers a variety of summer programs. Click here for information.
Mississippi
Univ of Southern Mississippi's Institute of Marine Sciences
J.L. Scott Marine Education Center & Aquarium
115 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MS 29530
contact: Sharon Walker (601)374-5550
Teacher Mini-Camps for TX, LA, FL, MS, and AL residents.
Operation Pathfinder is an intensive 2-week summer course for elementary or middle school teachers.
North Carolina
North Carolina Maritime Museum Summer Science School and Junior Sailing
315 Front Street, Beaufort, NC 28516
contact: JoAnne Powell (919) 728-7317
Programs and weekend workshops of interest to teachers include the regular field trip programs listed on the museum calendar.
North Caroline Aquarium at Fort Fisher
2201 Fort Fisher Blvd S., Box 1, Kure Beach, NC 28449
contact: (910)458-7468
Offers five new teacher workshops addressing different aspects of water quality, biology, ecology, art, maritime history and more.
Ohio
Stone Laboratory - Ohio State University
1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212
contact: Arleen Pineda (614)292-8949
Summer college courses for selected high school, college, graduate level students and teachers in natural resources and biological and environmental sciences.
Texas
Texas A&M University at Galveston Summer Programs
PO Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77553
contact: Marie Armstrong (409)740-4525
Sea Camp: a hands-on marine adventure for 10 to 16 year olds and marine educators. Free to educators serving as counselors for Sea Camp.
Washington
Center for
Whale Research
Summer internships in Friday Harbor, Washington researching orca.
Worldwide
Tropical Marine Biology for Teachers
Hofstra University Marine Laboratory, Biology dept., Hempstead, NY 11550
contact: Dr. Eugene Kaplan (516)463-5520
July 9-20, 1997 This graduate course explores tropical marine environments from rocky and sandy shores to mangrove swamps and coral reefs.
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