Programs: 2005 Science
and Math Safaris
Mini-Tour of Woods Hole Institutions
Thursday October 27th from 3:45 - 5:45 PM - Tour begins
in the main lobby of MBL’s Lilly Laboratory on MBL
Street
Join us for a tour of three of the scientific research
institutions in Woods Hole. We will visit the Josephine
Bay Paul Center in Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution
at MBL, where Michele Bahr will give us a presentation
about the research being done in this renowned molecular
biology facility. Our second stop will be at the WHOI
Bigelow Laboratory, where we will learn about the REMUS
underwater autonomous vehicles and tour the WHOI docks.
Our final stop will be the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Sciences
Center, where Gordon Waring will speak about fisheries
research and show us the seal and small dolphin wet lab
where necropsies are performed.
The
Great White Shark of Naushon Island
Thursday March 31st from 3:45 - 5:45 PM at the Morse
Pond School Computer Lab
Greg Skomal, of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries,
will talk about the great white shark that spent weeks
in the waters around Naushon Island last year. He will
be discussing this event in the context of what is known
of great white sharks in the North Atlantic. He will also
explain how scientists used their knowledge of shark behavior
and feeding ecology to motivate the shark to move from
the small embayment back into open water. The presentation
will be followed by a demonstration of Microsoft Excel.
Real data collected from sharks tracked with telemetry
will be analyzed and graphed using the spreadsheet program.
PDP credit is available. The Partnership offers an on-going
series entitled “WHSTEP: Current Topics in Math
& Science.” All programs offered under this
series may be taken for PDP credit with hours combined
to reach a cumulative total of 10 PDP hours or more in
science. Teachers can receive 2 PDP credit hours for each
safari.
