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California COSEE arranged for high school and community college students in Hawaii to attend
portions of the
2004 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
(ASLO)/ The Oceanographic Society (TOS) Ocean Research Conference.
It was a fabulous experience for everyone involved!
Almost 100
students and their teachers, parents, and instructors (16 adults total) attended the conference on Tuesday
and Thursday, February 17 and 19, 2004, from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. The groups
viewed scientific posters from 10:00
am to 12:00 pm, and then participated in panel discussions with invited scientists.
Teachers and students participated from the following Oahu schools:
Waipahu High
School
Nanakuli High School
Dan Siani's marine science classes
Franklin Allaire's science club
Myron B. Thompson
Academy
Honolulu Community College
Michelle Carbonneau arranged the event
Dr. Gopalikrishnan, Dr. Len Young,
for students at this online charter school
and Dr. Paul Troy's oceanography classes
University of Hawaii's Marine Option Program
Many home school students from around the island
Andi Shluker is the coordinator
Special thanks to our
outstanding panel members! Between the two days and three total panels,
thirteen researchers joined us and contributed their thoughts, stories, and
inspiration:
Iris Anderson, Debbie Bronk,
Andrew Leising
and Emmett Duffy
NOAA PFEL
Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
College of
William&Mary
Ann Gargett
Dennis McGillicuddy
Old Dominion University
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Erica Goetze
Jeff Paduan
Graduate student
Naval Postgraduate
School
Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
Pete Jumars
Tammi Richardson
University of Maine
and President of
ASLO
Texas A&M
University
Dave Karl
Jon Zehr
University of
Hawaii
University
of California, Santa Cruz
Ron Kaufmann
University of San
Diego
In addition, Ana Dittel (University
of Delaware) and Kanesa Duncan (University
of Hawaii) provided wonderful support by attending the
student poster sessions and answering questions.
** Preparation materials for
teachers and students and feedback forms can be found
here.
** Photos of the conference
events can be found
here.
This event was based on a
smaller version that occurred at the 2002 ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences
Conference. More information about that event can be found
here.
Please contact Lani Clough
at the
MATE Center
for more information at
lclough@marinetech.org
or 831-646-4011. Tami would like to also thank
Russ Moll, from
California Sea Grant for his constant support and encouragement! |
