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Site Events - Monterey Bay Channel Islands Stellwagen Bank Cordell Bank Gray's Reef Gulf of the Farallones Florida Keys Monterey Bay Flower Garden Banks Olympic Coast Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Teacher in the Sea Students in the Sea McArthur and Deepworker Open House Teacher in the Sea Have you ever wanted to send your teacher 2000 feet below the ocean surface? We are doing just that! One grade 9 -12 teacher from the Monterey Bay region was trained to pilot the DeepWorker submersible this year. Mike Guardino, a teacher at Carmel High School, was selected for this position after a competitive application process. He will make up to three DeepWorker dives in the Carmel canyon during a period of one to two days. At 6'2 and 195 pounds, Mike Guardino had to lose 25 pounds to fit in the Deepworker submersible! One of Mike's main roles is to conduct student research projects related to no-take marine reserves. Dr. Steve Webster from the Monterey Bay Aquarium will assist Mike in conducting these student research projects. Mike is also giving many public presentations on the Sustainable Seas Expeditions to schools and to the regional community. In addition, he is developing Sustainable Seas Expeditions classroom activities for grade 9 - 12 teachers. The teacher in the sea will help develop programs to inspire interest and learning in science, natural history, conservation, technology, communications, and related careers. The goal of the project is to promote oceans as a focus for public education, build the basis for a learning community that uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore ocean issues, and to develop the skills and knowledge to encourage active public participation in monitoring, conserving, and sustaining ocean resources. (top) Students in the Sea The Carmel High School SCUBA/Marine Research team, composed of 18 students from four Monterey Bay Area High Schools (Carmel, Pacific Grove, Aptos, and MAOS), is collecting data inside and adjacent to Point Lobos Reserve a few kilometers south of Carmel, California. Point Lobos is one of three designated "No-Take" Zones located within The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Mike Guardino's SCUBA/Marine Research team will earn five credits for their efforts in underwater research. The students are completing site characterizations at Whaler's Cove in the Point Lobos State Reserve and at South Monastery Beach just outside of this protected area in order to analyze invertebrate assemblages. The data collected will be used to determine whether marine "No-Take" zones are a viable strategy for fisheries management. Students have learned the scientific and common names of, and how to recognize, 97 species of marine invertebrates and 63 fishes indigenous to the Carmel Bay area. To date, 190 student dives have been conducted on twenty separate days and they have compiled a large and ever growing data base that enumerates the abundance, diversity, & maturity of invertebrates and game fish. Still and video images are being taken to document their experimental technique. A pair of parallel lasers mounted on a video housing are being used to photograph and later determine the length of fishes in the transects. The SCUBA/Marine Research team will statistically analyze the data in order to determine whether there is a significant difference in the assemblages of resident fish species inside and adjacent to Point Lobos Reserve. The data gathered by students in shallow water will be combined with data gathered in the Deepworker submersible. Shallow water research (*21 meters) conducted by students in SCUBA will be combined with data collected by the Deepworker submarine in deeper water regions (*21 meters) inside and outside of the Reserve. The Deepworker research will be conducted by Dr. Steven Webster and Mike Guardino on their Sustainable Seas Expeditions Education Dives on May 18 and 19. A preliminary presentation of the data occurred at the Sanctuary Summit in Monterey on May 17, 1999. McArthur & DeepWorker Open House There were opportunities for people to board the ship McArthur while it was in port. The public was invited to tour the McArthur, view the DeepWorker submersible and other displays (posters on Sustainable Seas Expeditions research projects, National Marine Sanctuaries and Sustainable Seas Expeditions exhibits, etc.), and meet with national marine sanctuary and Sustainable Seas Expeditions staff, scientists, students and teachers to learn about Sustainable Seas Expeditions goals and activities. This event was held on Wednesday, May 12th. (top) For more information on the education events at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, please contact: Elizabeth Love, Education Coordinator (831) 647-4255 Liz.Love@noaa.gov

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