New Exhibit!
Lifestyles of the Fish and Famous
The Seymour Center is proud to announce our newest exhibit. Come
get a close look into the surprising world of salmon and rockfish.
• What is an otolith, and why do we care?
• Is size really
important?
• How old is old?
The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service has collaborated with
the Seymour Center in creating this fun and fascinating collection
of hands-on exhibits that will delight and intrigue both young
and old.
For more on the NOAA/NMFS studies, visit their website at http://santacruz.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.php
Puzzling
Marine scientists find answers—they look for
patterns in their data and try to figure out what's going on. Scientists
look at the data they’ve accumulated for clues like repetition,
long-term changes, and interactions. Scientists ask questions like "How
does this happen?" "Why does it happen?" They use patterns they
find as clues to what might be going on. Figuring things out is like detective
work or solving a puzzle: you have all the pieces, but how do they fit
together to show the whole picture? They try to piece together a scenario
that fits and makes sense of the data.
DR. MARY SILVER - Marine Snow
Studies
For more than 20 years, Mary Silver has
been studying marine snow-the tiny bits of dead plant, animal and other
material that constantly shower down toward the deep ocean floor. Using
a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to film and collect the snow, Dr. Silver
studies its origins and make-up, destination, and role in the marine ecosystem.
Try to count the marine snow in the snow
globe and see how hard it is. Read about natural historian Ken Norris’s
cruise to another world with Dr. Silver. These two
scientists make quite a pair.
DR. JIM ESTES - Otter and Killer Whale Interactions
Dr. Estes has studied the role of sea
otters in the coastal ecosystem of Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago
since the early 1970s. He recently linked the dramatic
population decline of sea otters in the 1990s to killer whales that were
unable to find enough of their usual seal and sea lion prey.
What did the killer whales do for food?
Be a science sleuth. Look at the clues, gather evidence, and make an airtight
case.
Exhibits: looking | testing
| puzzling | questioning
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