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To be notified of future workshops, please contact:    Amy Dean, FMSA Education Manager at 415.561.6625 x 303



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The most visited habitat of the Sanctuary starts below the waterline, but can reach hundreds of yards inland. Every year, as Sanderlings, Willets, and Plovers come and go, the very foundations of this habitat are pushed offshore by strong storm waves in the winter, and pulled back to land by the milder summer seas.
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Teacher Workshop Series '09-'10

 

Teachers! Looking for new ways to make science come alive in your classroom?

This year, we are offering a series of exciting and insightful lectures, workshops and field excursions to support our community of teachers and connect them with the sanctuary.

Workshop presentations, activities, and content are geared for middle and high school biology and environmental science teachers; however, all teachers and educators are welcome.

     LiMPETS Introduction to Sandy Beach Monitoring
    
- Saturday, October 24th, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
     - Sanctuary Office and Crissy Field Beach, San Francisco
     Get involved in this exciting science education program for students. Participants   
     receive a Monitoring Handbook and are trained to survey the distribution and 
     abundance of the Pacific mole crab (Emerita analoga) at one of many monitoring
     sites along the coast.

     LiMPETS Introduction to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring     
     - Saturday, November 14th, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    - Point Montara Lighthouse and Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo County
     Learn to participate in this in-depth science education program for students.
     Participants receive a Monitoring Handbook, learn to correctly identify algae and 
     invertebrates, and practice the monitoring methods used in the field.

     Getting to the Bottom of Bay Area Food Webs: A Plethora of Plankton      
     - Saturday, February 20th, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
     - Sanctuary Office and Pier House, San Francisco
     Most life in our coastal waters is microscopic - yet these tiny and diverse plankton
     are anything but insignificant. Join Lindsay Sullivan, plankton biologist, Romberg
     Tiburon Center (SFSU) for an eye-opening lecture followed by hands-on plankton
     collection, observation and ID.

     Our Shifting Coastline & Local GeeWiz Geology  
     - Saturday, May 1st, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
     - Mavericks Lodge and San Mateo Coast, San Mateo County
     Geology shapes the fantastic (and sometimes hazardous) features of our coast. Join
     Irina Kogan, geologist, Gulf of the Farallones NMS, for a lecture and field trip to visit
     some unique, geewiz geologic features along the San Mateo Coast.

 

TO REGISTERRegister online  -OR-  Download a registration form (pdf 1.7 MB).

COST: Free. $25 stipend for 6th-12th grade teachers

CREDIT: Continuing Education Units available through Dominican University of CA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Amy Dean at (415) 561-6625 x 303, adean@farallones.org

 

 

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