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Exciting Opportunities for Educators
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How to claim artwork submitted for Marine Masterpieces 2009: ART PICK-UP DAY (mark your calendars!): ALL artwork entered in the contest MUST BE PICKED-UP on SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2009, 10:00 AM-4:30 PM. Please note that unless prior arrangements have been made, all artwork not picked up by 4:30 PM on May 30, becomes property of the Seymour Center. We do not return artwork by mail. If you are not available to pick-up art on Saturday, May 30, please contact Suzanne Hebert (shebert@ucsc.edu, (831) 459-5725) at the Seymour Center NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 to arrange an alternate pick-up time. |
Look to this web page in the fall for information and entry forms for Marine Masterpieces 2010!
Click here to view a list of the 2009 contest winners.
(You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. Download a free copy of Acrobat Reader here.)
Click here to view contest winners from Marine Masterpieces 2008.
Click here to view contest winners from Marine Masterpieces 2007.
Click here to view contest winners from Marine Masterpieces 2006.
Click here to view contest winners from Marine Masterpieces 2005.
Click here to view contest winners from Marine Masterpieces 2004
Sea
Search is a marine science program designed to provide
high school science teachers with an easy way to incorporate marine
science into their curriculum, and to provide opportunities for
high school students to become engaged in science through the
Seymour Center’s ocean-themed exhibits, programs, tours,
and volunteer opportunities.
Realizing
that logistical and financial challenges make it difficult for many
high school teachers to coordinate learning-based field experiences
for their students, Sea Search is a marine science program
students can participate in on their own time and outside of school
hours. Sea Search is easy on teachers (requiring
almost no prep time), and enriching, yet challenging for students.
The Sea Search curriculum is aligned with California
Science Content Standards.
For more information on Sea Search, including how the program works and how to get your students involved, click here.
The Seymour Center has partnered with the Santa Cruz Museum of
Natural History (http://www.santacruzmuseums.org) to offer a new
seashell education kit for teachers. The Seashell Science kit contains
shells representing nearly 30 species of marine animals from Monterey
Bay. Curriculum suggestions for grades K-2 are included, focusing
on adaptive features of seashore animals. Activities are aligned
with California Science Content Standards and challenge students
to sharpen their observation skills, while incorporating language
and creative arts. In addition to the shell collection and curriculum,
the kit also includes activity sheets, answer keys, two reference
books, and a teacher preview pass to visit the Seymour Center.
To learn more about the Seashell Science kit call the Seymour Center at (831) 459-3800.
Seashell Science is now available. To reserve Seashell Science or other education kits for loan from the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, call the museum at (831) 420-6115. Kits are available by reservation only.
The Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group (SCPBRG), based at
Long Marine Lab was instrumental in the effort to bring the peregrine
falcon back from the brink of extinction, and now they want to
share the inspiring story of the peregrine with your students.
Scientists and educators from the SCPBRG are available to visit your school for assemblies and class visits for students in grades three through adult. Students will meet a live peregrine falcon during the presentation, learn about the peregrine’s amazing adaptations for survival, and hear the stories of the dedicated scientists whose work led to the removal of these fascinating predators from the Endangered Species List. Great teaching resources and activities for your students are also available.
For more information or to schedule an assembly, visit the SCPBRG web site at http://www.scpbrg.org, or e-mail falconet@ucsc.edu.
Take advantage of ready-to-use learning activities
and resources on a variety of marine science
topics. Make the most of your field trip or
science unit with these activities. Also,
find useful suggestions for organizing your
class visit to the Seymour Center.
Click
here to view activities and forms.
Make sure you receive notification of new educator resources and opportunities as they become available. Call (831) 459-3800 and request to be added to our teacher mailing list.
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