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Catch
the SEACOOS Wave!
Science and Scientists in the SouthEast: Dr. Joan
Willey
Scientists in Education Outreach
Building a New Tool to Monitor Marine Health
Mucking
in the Mud for a Good Cause
Catch the SEACOOS Wave!
The SouthEast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observation System
(SEACOOS) Virtual Waves Classroom and Poster are ready! This is your
one stop shop for accessing the "Making Waves" poster, lessons
plans, and real time wave data. Also, learn more about the properties
of waves by accessing the wave glossary and other resources.
This 36 inch by 32 inch, four-color poster, Making Waves, adds excitement
to the classroom. Learn about concepts, such as "What is a Wave?,"
"Anatomy of a Wave," "What Causes Ocean Waves?",
"Parts of a Wave," and "South Atlantic Bight Wave Facts."
To get a poster for your classroom or lab, visit the Web site: SEACOOS.ORG
and click on the Classroom and Community section.
Science
and Scientists in the SouthEast: Dr. Joan Willey
Rainwater and chemistry are not
a combination most of us would think of to study together. However, to
Professor Joan Willey from UNC-Wilmington, they seem a natural pair. Here
is her story.
A New Jersey girl until the age of eight, her family moved to Italy and then later to South Carolina, but now North Carolina is her home. Dr. Willey’s grandmother was a chemist in France; her father was a chemical engineer. Growing up, Joan found herself interested in math and science. At that time, chemistry was not a common path for girls. Joan’s parents encouraged her to pursue her interest in math and science. Her father instilled in her an interest in the weather. Dr. Willey says her high school chemistry teacher really sparked her interest in chemistry. Like most children growing up she did not yet have the confidence to know for sure that a career in chemistry was what she wanted to do with her life.
As a Duke University undergraduate, she continued her focus in chemistry. She then went on to earn a Ph.D. at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia in chemical oceanography. Entering academics as an assistant professor at UNC-Wilmington in 1977, she excelled to achieve the highest rank--Professor in the Department of Chemistry.
Currently, Professor Willey is working on understanding the nature of organic compounds that stabilize the reduced forms of many trace metals found in rain, in the atmosphere, and after the rain falls to seawater. According to Dr. Willey, there are probably hundreds of organic compounds in rain and only half of them have been identified so far. Organic compounds get into the atmosphere by many pathways—vegetation, automobile exhaust and other combustion processes.
Dr. Willey and her research group conduct studies of the concentration
and reactions of trace metals such as iron, copper, chromium, zinc, and
mercury in rainwater in the Cape Fear River estuary. For example, reduced
chromium is usually a nutrient, however, when oxidized, it becomes carcinogenic.
Dr. Willey believes that her research challenges our fundamental understanding
of atmospheric chemistry.
Professor Wiley is an excellent role model for any young student thinking
of a career in science. She has a job that she loves, a family she adores,
and still manages to find time for outside interests. She loves to sail,
ski, and play tennis. In addition, she enjoys cooking, reading and travel.
With her husband she has traveled to Iceland, New Zealand, France and
Nova Scotia.
Professor Willey keeps a list for future projects.
She plans to expand her studies on mercury and methyl mercury to all of
southeastern North Carolina. Health advisories on mercury contamination
of several freshwater and marine fish species will require greater understanding
of this toxic metal. Dr. Willey sees an opportunity for her skills.
You can contact Professor Joan Willey at willeyj@uncw.edu
Education Outreach and Leadership
Dr. Karen Payne is the new Associate Director for Marine Education with the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and heads up the Marine Education Center and Aquarium (MECA), Savannah, GA. As a Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist, Karen is the founder and Director of the UGA Marine Extension Spatial Technology Center (MAST) in Athens. She brings a wealth of leadership experience, technology and a strong sense of vision to the position.“Dr. Payne’s dedication to her work, her proven ability to foster professional partnerships with coastal residents, managers and scientists, and instilling trust through her products and service to the community make her an ideal candidate in our search for a new Associate Director,'' said Dr. Randy Walker, Director of the UGA Marine Extension Service. ''It is our mission to provide the highest quality resources for students, teachers, and the general public in matters related to Georgia's coastal marine environments."
Dr. Payne said, ''With the truly unique resources at the UGA Marine Center and Aquarium and the dedication of its terrific staff, it is my goal to further develop the Marine Extension Service to maintain its position as the leader in its field, both in education and research.'' Over the years, many students and teachers have learned about Georgia’s marine environment through the innovative programs at MECA.
For more information about MECA, check this web site: http://www.uga.edu/aquarium/
Building
a New Tool to Monitor Marine Health
By John Tibbetts, SCSGC
Sophisticated new tools could soon help resource managers assess the impacts of chemical contaminants on the marine environment.
“Many of the chemical contaminants entering southeastern estuaries come from sources such as roads, parking lots, turf grasses, outboard motors and faulty septic systems,” said SC Sea Grant researcher Thomas Chandler, an ecotoxicologist at USC Arnold School of Public Health. “Fortunately, these chemicals typically do not reach levels that outright kill organisms, but they often do reach levels that can cause neurological, genetic and reproductive dysfunction, and ultimately compromise the resource.”
Chemical contaminants can threaten species survival and are powerful forces in species’ genetic selection. One way to document these impacts is to examine any changes in the life cycles of small, benthic creatures called meiofauna. Meiofauna, which include tiny animals (0.1 to 2 millimeters), such as polychaetes, mollusks, arthropods and nematodes, live between sand and sediment particles. They feed primarily on bacteria living on these particles and are very important as a base for fish and invertebrate estuarine food webs. Because they also process nutrients and chemicals in sediments, meiofauna come in close contact with any toxicants bound to the sediment particles. Now South Carolina Sea Grant researchers are studying how toxic compounds affect these estuarine animals in sub-lethal ways.
For example, the newly approved and highly toxic pesticide Fipronil is being used on golf courses and other areas often adjacent to watershed and estuarine systems in South Carolina. Chandler and his team of USC researchers—John Ferry, Bruce C. Coull, Joseph Quattro, and Joseph Staton—are studying fipronil-induced dysfunction in the marine meiofaunal copepod Amphiascus tenuiremis. They are carrying out breeding experiments to test for heritability of pesticide resistance.
The international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Environment, Health, and Safety Division (effectively, the global EPA for industrialized countries) and the European Union have shown interest in using this cultured species as an estuarine “canary in the coal mine” to assess the health of estuarine systems.
Mucking
in the Mud for a Good Cause
By Mary Sweeney-Reeves, Marine Science Education,
UGA Marine Extension Service
If you have this yearning desire to get muddy, wet, smelly, and at the same time learn all about marine biology or water quality, we can help. You can join our volunteers in the Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland program.
Wetlands are one of Georgia’s most valuable natural resources. For instance, salt marshes can improve water quality by acting as a sponge, absorbing toxins and pollutants. It is amazingly true that, Smooth Cord grass (Spartina alterniflora) has the capability to “lock up” pollutants within its own plant body. In fact, when the filtering ability of a salt marsh is compared to the functions of a city’s water treatment plant, one acre of salt marsh is worth $50,000! Lucky for us, Coastal Georgia is blessed with one third of the total salt marsh along the United States’ Eastern Seaboard, despite having only a small 100-mile coastline.
If this does not convince you of the value of coastal wetlands, perhaps the plant productivity facts will. Plant production is determined by biomass, the mass production of plant material produced in one year. A one-acre cornfield produces six tons of biomass (food) every year. In comparison, one acre of salt marsh produces eighteen tons of biomass every year (three times as efficient as a cornfield). However, the benefits from salt marsh production are more indirect than a cornfield. Salt marsh biomass production creates nutrient rich water similar to natural fertilizers in the garden. The highly enriched nutrient water in the tidal creeks helps feed shrimp, crab, and fish larvae. The salt marsh and associated tidal creeks provide essential habitats where juvenile fish and invertebrates can hide feed and grow. By providing a nursery to feed and nurture our coastal fisheries, the salt marsh is bound to our ocean system. Many of these fish and invertebrates migrate to the sea where they spend their adult lives.
In addition to these important values, salt marsh vegetation can control erosion along our shoreline and tidal creek banks simply by grasping onto loose clays and sediment with their roots. The roots help individual Spartina sp. plants to grow vertically. However, the rhizomes (underground stem of the plant) aid in spreading the marsh grass over many acres of mud and clay.
The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service developed the Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland program in 2001 with funding from Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Zone Management Program through a Coastal Incentive grant.
The Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland program is uniquely designed for citizens, schools, and volunteer groups to participate in monitoring environmental conditions at selected sites along the coast. A 141-page “Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland Manual: An Invitation for Citizen Involvement in Monitoring Georgia’s Coastal Marshes and Beaches” has been developed and published by the University of Georgia as a guide.
Volunteers for the Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland program select a site of their choice and monitor the plants, animals and/or water quality for one year. Volunteers attend training workshops to earn a certificate in chemical monitoring (water testing) and/or biological monitoring (beach seining, Hester-Dendy fouling plates, and marsh transects). Data collected by volunteers are entered into the University of Georgia’s Marine Extension Service coastal environmental water quality Geographical Information System (GIS) database and sent to the State’s Adopt-A-Stream office in Atlanta. Scientists and researchers regularly refer to the volunteer collected data to help them focus their research efforts.
For more information, call Mary Sweeney-Reeves at 912-598-2388.
2005 Coastal
Legacy: Integrating coastal culture into math and science
2005 Ocean Sciences Education Leadership Institute
Highlights
of the 2004 SECOSEE Ocean Leadership Institute
SEPORT Excitement is Catching On:Partnerships
for Increasing Ocean Awareness
2005 Coastal Legacy: Integrating coastal culture into math and science
Photo Courtesy of Caw Caw Interpretive Center–Ravenel,
SC
Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission
The Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence SouthEast (COSEE-SE) will host the second annual Coastal Legacy Workshop for elementary and middle school teachers at Penn Center on St. Helena Island, S.C. on July 25 – 30, 2005.
The 2005 Workshop will focus on teaching science and math standards by addressing topics relevant to Sea Island culture, history, and heritage. While exploring the coastal heritage through a multicultural perspective, the participants will also concentrate on habitat in riverine and tidal wetlands, land use, geology, and geography. Exciting educational resources and lessons, access to scientists and community leaders, as well as opportunities to become regional leaders are key components of this week-long program.
Twelve elementary and middle school science teachers from N.C., S.C. and Ga. will be selected on the basis of their interest and potential in learning and applying new ocean sciences information and standards-based, classroom lessons. Renewal credit, stipends, and reimbursement costs are provided.
Partners include S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, Penn Center, Caw Caw Interpretive Center - Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Georgia Sea Grant College Program, Gullah Geechee Sea Island Coalition, and University of Georgia’s Sapelo Island Marine Institute.
Applications for the 2005 Institute will be available January on the SECOSEE Web site at www.scseagrant.org/se-cosee/. The deadline for submitting applications is May 13, 2005.
Don’t take it from us! Listen to what the 2004 participants said about the workshop…
“[The Coastal Legacy program] took me back to my roots as a science teacher.”
“I loved it! ...The setting could not have been more perfect.”“The science teacher in me came out and I wanted to learn as much as possible then teach it to a group of middle school students.”“I have a new appreciation for how conservation and heritage are linked.”
For more information contact: Elizabeth Joyner, SouthEast COSEE Curriculum Specialist, (elizabeth.joyner@scseagrant.org, (843) 953-2078 and the SouthEast Web site
2005 Ocean Sciences Education Leadership Institute
Baruch Marine Field Laboratory
Kimbel Lodge on Hobcaw Barony
The third Ocean Sciences Education Leadership Institute coordinated by COSEE-SE will be held at the University of South Carolina’s Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences Field Laboratory facilities near Georgetown, SC, June 19 – 25, 2005.
The 2005 Institute will focus on research topics relevant to the South Atlantic Bight--an Atlantic Ocean embayment, which extends from Cape Hatteras, N.C. to Cape Canaveral, FL., with emphasis on the estuaries and tidal wetlands. Exciting educational resources and lessons, access to scientists and opportunities to be regional leaders in partnerships with local education facilities form the basis of the week-long program.
Thirty middle and high school science teachers from NC, SC and GA will be selected on the basis of their interest and potential in learning new ocean sciences information and standards-based, classroom applications. Renewal credit, stipends, and reimbursement costs are provided.
Partners include South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium,
NOAA/Ocean Explorations, the North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, and Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal
Sciences of the University of South Carolina.
Applications for the 2005 Institute will be available January on the
SouthEast COSEE Web site: www.scseagrant.org/se-cosee/.
The deadline for submitting applications is April 15, 2005. For additional
information contact Margaret Olsen (olsen@uga.edu) and visit the SouthEast
Web site.
Highlights of the 2004 SECOSEE
Ocean Leadership Institute
By Margaret Olsen, SECOSEE Education Specialist
High school and middle school teachers from N.C., S.C., and Ga., including a special educator from Puerto Rico, attended the second SouthEast COSEE Ocean Leadership Institute, June 25-July 1, 2004. Located at the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, Savannah, GA, the twenty-five teachers spent a week packed with exciting learning experiences to build a greater understanding of the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) and how to incorporate this into their classrooms.
Fred Hay, Sapelo Island manager and Brooke Vallaster, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve educator, introduced coastal and estuarine management and ecosystems via simulation games and field experiences, including life under the dock. Carrie Thomas, NCSU faculty and research specialist for SouthEast COSEE, Paula Keener-Chavis, National Education Coordinator for NOAA Ocean Explorer, Cathy Sakas, Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, and Terri Hathaway, NC Sea Grant, introduced the teachers to ocean bathymetry, explorations and deep sea discoveries, marine protected areas and current circulation lessons. Mike Frick, coordinator of Caretta Research Project, focused on conservation efforts and life history of sea turtles. Edie Schmidt, UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium (MECA), incorporated art into science. Mary Ellen Timmons, also from MECA, excited the teachers with her original “Fish Guts” activity –investigating fish anatomy without dissection. Venetia Butler, current president of GA Science Teachers Association, shared her expertise in leadership skills.
Field experiences introduced teachers to the Georgia tidal rivers and beaches. The “Meet the Scientist Day” increased interactions with nine research scientists from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Grays Reef NMS. The scientists learned more about classroom teaching while teachers learned to be comfortable with the researchers. We thank Clark Alexander, Jack Blanton, Marc Frischer, Richard Jahnke, Chunyan Li, Jim Nelson, Greg McFall, Dana Savidge and Peter Verity for their interest in sharing the research process.
During the school year, Institute participants will continue to work in teams as they conduct an “Ocean Awareness Day” at a non-formal educational institution in their local community. The SEPORT (South East Portals to Ocean Research for Teachers) allows each teacher to have leadership opportunity to share what they learned with their peers and also to interact with science centers and aquariums.
The 2004 Institute participants included the following:
Sandra Lebron Garcia joined us from the Puerto Rico Sea Grant as an
exchange educator;
North Carolina teachers are Doni Angel (Walter R. Johnson Middle School), Jane Crosby (Statesville High School), Carolyn Elliott (South Iredell High School), John Fout (Wilson Middle School), Doby Gordon (Parkwood High School), Linda James (ECU Science Ed.Program), Sarah Kuszaj (SE Raleigh High School), and Janiese McKenzie (Western Guilford High School);
South Carolina teachers are Sue Morrison (James Island Charter High School), Virginia Roberson (Forest Circle Middle School), Nelle May Stephenson (Waccawmaw High School), John Steinberger (Palmetto Christian Academy), Donald Sweeper (St. Martin de Porres), Julia Waddell (Colleton County High School) and Meghan Ward (North Charleston High School);
Georgia teachers are Mildred Chamblee (Babb Middle School), Becci Curry (St. Mary’s Elementary School), Jason Dilling (Hightower Trail Middle School), Leigh Dougherty (St. Mary’s Middle School), Garland Hart (Campbell Academy), Laura Hayes (Vickery Creek Middle School), Sonjyia Hightower Bryant (Alton C. Crews Middle School), Terrie Kielborn (South Paulding Middle School), and Kristy Lewis (McIntosh High School).
The 2004 Institute partners provided support, expertise and resources. SouthEast COSEE appreciates the collaboration with the following programs: UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, NOAA/Ocean Explorations, UGA Marine Extension Service, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia Sea Grant, National Science Foundation, NOAA/Coastal Services Center, and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium.
SEPORT Excitement is Catching
On:
Partnerships to increasing Ocean Awareness
By Elizabeth Rogers, SECOSEE Curriculum Specialist
Thanks to teachers, informal educators, and scientists, the SEPORT (SouthEast Portals to Ocean Research for Teachers) program is enhancing the experiences of teachers in ocean sciences across the Southeast. By design, this program brings together educators with informal institutions, such museums, aquaria, and science centers, and COSEE-SouthEast teacher leaders to conduct special inserve opportunities--Ocean Awareness Days for local teachers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Puerto Rico. Though only in its second year, there is already a high level of enthusiasm and creativity among institutions, teachers and COSEE SouthEast staff.
SEPORT teachers who participated in SouthEast COSEE’s Ocean Sciences Education Leadership Institute Summer ’03 and summer ’04 received first hand experience with regional ocean sciences topics and resources, as well as developing relationships with marine scientists. By being the leaders of a SEPORT in-service, these teachers demonstrate their new skills and resources as they reach out to their local colleagues to share information and partnerships through this professional development experience on ocean sciences.
This year, SECOSEE is pleased to report the following
SEPORT institution partnerships.
• ACE Basin NERR, S.C.
• Allison Woods Environmental Center, N.C.
• Catawba Science Center, N.C.
• Coastal Carolina University, S.C.
• Crooked River State Park, Ga.
• Discovery Place, N.C.
• Fernbank Science Center, Ga.
• NC Estuarium
• NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• NC Zoo
• NOAA-SE Phytoplankton Monitoring Network, S.C.
• Puerto Rico Sea Grant/ University of Puerto Rico
• SC State Museum/USC Center for Science Ed
• UGA MECA, Ga.
• University of West Georgia
• * East Carolina University
• * Aviation Museum, Ga.
• * Natural History Center, N.C.
• *NC Aquarium/Ft. Fisher
• *’03-’04 SEPORT site only
Why don’t you consider joining us for an Ocean Awareness Day in your region? Exciting themes for the OAD, include “Ocean Science Surf Shop,” “From the Dock to the Reef,” “NC’s Coastal Past, Present, and Future,” “Eastern North Carolinians’ Impact on the Atlantic Ocean,” “Ocean Awareness Comes to the Piedmont,” ‘From Watersheds to Oyster Beds,” “Coral Reefs and Seagrasses.”
For more information about an Ocean Awareness Day, or to learn more about how to get involved for the 2005-2006 SEPORT program, please visit the SECOSEE Web site at http://www.scseagrant.org/se-cosee/. Also, contact Elizabeth Rogers, Curriculum Specialist at elizabeth.joyner@scseagrant.org or phone: 843-953-2078.
By Nancy Cowal and Jan Healy, NC Media Specialists
Fiction Books
Non Fiction Books
Web resources
Water:
Tales of Elemental Spirits
Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson
G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
ISBN 0399237968
266 Pages
$18.99
Middle School and High School
These two excellent authors delve into the sea with six different stories about humans, merfolk, and sometimes sea monsters. Each fascinating tale paints vivid characters and settings and offers action circling themes of love, happiness, fear, and bravery.
Storm
Track
Margaret Maron
Thorndike Press 2000
ISBN 0892966564
349 pages
$22.95
High School
Don’t miss the seventh book in the Judge Deborah Knott series. 'Storm Track' moves forward at a leisurely pace, in keeping with the late-summer rhythms of the rural South. A murder case unfolds, involving the African-American church community and even Deborah's own family. Yes, a storm is bearing down on the state of North Carolina as the novel's action gradually intensifies, a hurricane called Fran, very much like the real Fran of 1996. Great mystery.
Recent
Advances and Issues in Oceanography
Nicholas C. Reid and David L. Porter
Oryx Press/ Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
2003
ISBN 1573564060
409 pages
$53.95
Describes and evaluates the major current research developments in the field of ocean studies, discussing advances in measuring ocean phenomena from space, the observing systems, the impact of the Internet and new computer technologies, and other related topics. This useful reference book contains a wealth of information for those interested in the topic.
Mapping
the Seas
Walter G. Olesky
Franklin Watts Inc. 2002
ISBN 0531120309
63 pages
$24.50
Middle School
This book covers sea mapping from Polynesian sea charts to GPS. The clearly written text, along with color illustrations and maps, explores the different types of sea charts and how these documents have changed with new technology.
Web Resources
Bill
Nye, the Science Guy, includes daily experiments and teaching materials.
This site focuses on various topics in life, physical and planetary
sciences. http://www.nyelabs.org
This
site provides information on groundwater and drinking water, testing
methods, wastewater management, and the characteristics of wetlands,
oceans, coasts, estuaries, and watersheds, as well as efforts to protect
these resources. (Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC)
http://www.epa.gov/ow/
Ocean
World provides background information on the properties of oceans,
such as waves and currents, and the role of the oceans in such processes
as weather, ice ages, and El Niño events. Reviews of related
web sites and classroom activities (under development) are included.
(TOPEX/Poseidon Education Project, a NASA project, Texas A & M
University, College Station, TX) http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/education/oceanworld/
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GEAR UP-- "IT'S YOUR FUTURE. GEAR UP FOR IT."
By Angela Enlow and Lundie Spence
South Carolina, along with Georgia and North Carolina, are part of an exciting, national initiative by the US Department of Education, entitled GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness of Undergraduate Programs). The mission of the GEAR UP Program is to ensure that the number of first generation, low–income, middle school students are academically prepared for and motivated to pursue and succeed in a program of post-secondary education. GEAR UP is a discretionary, five-year, state grant program. Grantees serve an entire cohort of students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follow the cohort through high school. GEAR UP funds are also used to provide college scholarships to low-income students.
The 1999 US Commission on Higher Education award developed a statewide GEAR UP project in South Carolina. GEAR UP in SC uses a variety of methods, including focused interventions in academics and personal development as well as mentoring/tutoring. Middle and secondary school/colleges partner with GEAR UP through a Saturday program that enhances the academic skills of “at-risk" students in each participating school. Nine institutions--The Citadel, The College of Charleston, Horry-Georgetown Technical College, Benedict College, Midlands Technical College, Denmark Technical College, Lander University, USC-Spartanburg and USC-Aiken are in place. Contact Karen Woodfaulk kwoodfaulk@che.sc.gov (803-737-2244) or Rae McPherson rmcpherson@che.sc.gov (803-737-2706) for more information. Web site: http://www.che.sc.gov/StudentServices/GEARUPhm.htm
GEAR UP in North Carolina works with students and their families in 20 of North Carolina's 100 counties. Historically, North Carolina's manufacturing economy did not require a college-educated workforce. To succeed and compete in today's global economy, however, our citizens need a higher level of education. Beginning in 7th grade, students are afforded opportunities through early intervention by tutoring and mentoring, enhancing academically challenging courses and providing early awareness of scholarship and other financial opportunities. Contact Anthony Locklear, executive director GEAR UP NC (anthonyl@northcarolina.edu), Web site: http://secure.ncmentor.org/Gear_Up/.
GEAR UP at Savannah State University, Georgia provides a similar format of assistance to economically disadvantaged middle school student graduates of Tompkins Middle School who are enrolled at Beach High School or Groves High School. Contact Doreatha S. Tyson, Executive Director of ACCESS Programs (car6@po.savstate.edu) Web site: http://access.savstate.edu/GRUP/index.htm.
South Carolina • North Carolina • Georgia • National GEAR UP Site
Editor
Lundie Spence,
Ph.D, Director, SouthEast COSEE
SouthEast COSEE Staff
Elizabeth Rogers, Curriculum Specialist
Margaret Olsen, Education Specialist
Carrie Thomas, Research Specialist
Alex Batson, Administrative Assistant
Mare Timmons, GA Sea Grant, Education Associate
Terri Hathaway, NC Sea Grant, Education Associate
SouthEast COSEE
Web Developer
Patty Snow, SC Sea Grant Consortium
SouthEast COSEE is funded through the National Science Foundation, NOAA/Coastal
Services Center and NOAA/Ocean Explorations and is administered through
the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium.
This newsletter, Passport to the Sea, was funded in part through
a grant from SEACOOS and Office of Naval Research.
© Copyright, 2004 SouthEast Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence