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Upcoming Exciting Events
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| February 4, 2012 | LiMPETS Introduction to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring workshop in the San Francisco Bay area from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at Cypress Meadows and Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo County. |
| February 25, 2012 | The Sanctuary Ocean Count project offers the community a chance to monitor humpback whales from the shores of O'ahu, Hawai'i and Kaua'i. The count is held the last Saturday of January, February, and March (during peak whale season) of each year from 8:00 am to 12:15 pm |
| March 7, 2012 | Advanced LiMPETS: Rocky Intertidal Data Analysis for the Classroom workshop in the San Francisco Bay area from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary office in San Francisco. |
| March 15, 2012 | Deadline for the 2012 Humpback Whale Month Ocean Contest. |
| March 17, 2012 | LiMPETS Introduction to Sandy Beach Monitoring Workshop in the San Francisco Bay area from 9 am - 4:00 pm at Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary office in San Francisco. |
| March 24, 2012 | Celebrate NOAA Ocean Discovery Day with Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 9 am - 3 pm at 4700 Avenue U in Galveston, Texas! Join us for a FREE day of discovery and exploration. Learn more about NOAA's activities in the community. Meet NOAA scientists, visit the sea turtles, and more! For more information, contact Shelley.DuPuy@noaa.gov
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| March 31, 2012 | The Sanctuary Ocean Count project offers the community a chance to monitor humpback whales from the shores of O'ahu, Hawai'i and Kaua'i. The count is held the last Saturday of January, February, and March (during peak whale season) of each year from 8:00 am to 12:15 pm |
| April 14, 2012 | Annual Sanctuary Currents Symposium at Cal State University, Monterey Bay in Seaside, California |
| April 14, 2012 | Gray's Reef Southeast Regional MATE ROV Competition in Savannah, Georgia. |
| April 26, 2012 | This is the deadline for the 2012 Marine Art Contest sponsored by Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts Marine Educators, New England Aquarium, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and Stellwagen Alive. The contest is open to students in grades K-12 (divisions for Elementary School (K-4), Middle School (5-8), High School (9-12), scientific illustration (all grades) and computer graphics (all grades). The theme of the contest is "Amazing Ocean Creatures of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary." Computer graphics students may use the alternative theme of "2012: 20th anniversary of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary." Deadline for the competition is April 26. For more information contact, Anne.Smrcina@noaa.gov or visit http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/pgallery/kidscorner.html.
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| June 3-9, 2012 | National Association of Black Scuba Divers planning committee for their 2012 Youth Education Summit. The week long summit will be hosted in Houston/Galveston June 3-9, 2012 |
| July 6-11, 2012 | Down Under, Out Yonder (DUOY) Workshop and Scuba Field Experience in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation. Applications due by February 17, 2012. |
| August 1-4, 2012 | The Seattle Aquarium and NOAA Olympic Coast Marine Sanctuary are offering a workshop for Washington's outer coast 4th and 5th grade teachers. Bring the excitement of marine ecology and ocean science to your students through this hands-on science content. This workshop is designed to better prepare teachers to use inquiry-based marine science as a context for learning. Ocean literacy and climate literacy principles will be integrated into our activities in the classroom and at the beach. |
| 2011-2013 | Planning for the GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate Change will begin in January 2009, and will enlist the support of climate change scientists, science educators and educational outreach experts, as well as businesses, foundations, and policy makers. The campaign will culminate with an international student research conference in 2013.
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