Coastal Trends Weekend

This year's Coastal Trends Weekend will be held at the Virginia Aquarium on April 4-5, 2009. Coastal Trends Weekend is a special public event featuring activities and demonstrations which focus on coastal trends. Members of COSEE-Coastal Trends 2008 scientist-educator teams will present displays highlighting their seagrass and dead zone research projects. In addition, Mentoring Young Scientists students will present their findings from group projects focusing on topics such as oysters and sands & beaches.

Ocean Science Course Workshop

COSEE Coastal Trends has developed curriculum for a semester-long high school ocean science course and offers a 4-day workshop (July 7-10, 2009) for educators interested in teaching the course. The curriculum is structured to integrate the Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and strives to utilize engaging hands-on activities to support each lesson. The workshop will be led by Dr. Laura Murray from the University of Maryland’s Horn Point Laboratory and Dr. Beth Day-Miller, an experienced educator who helped design the curriculum. Participants will: • Boost their ocean science content knowledge through field experiences and hands-on activities • Collaborate with and learn from experienced scientists and educators • Leave with a wealth of resources ready to be adapted to your classroom