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2005 MEDICINCE FROM THE SEA WORKSHOP | June 5 - June 10, 2005
Teacher Training Workshop to Improve Scientific Literacy
Caribbean Marine Research Center (CMRC), Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
MEDICINCE FROM THE SEA - Workshop brochure - PDF
MEDICINCE FROM THE SEA - Registration form - WORD DOCUMENT
FAU and its partners share a deep commitment to educational excellence and have many
programs in place to bring the excitement of math and science to South Florida students
and adults. Using "medicines from the sea" as a central theme to engage the K-12 audience,
Center partners have met with more than 1,000 students and educators in discussions about
math and science as the foundation of today's drug discovery efforts, and the exciting
careers that are available to students who apply themselves in these important areas.
A number of presentations have taken place at educational facilities throughout the
Treasure Coast, Palm Beach and Broward County areas, encompassing topics such as ocean
engineering, marine biology, the use of natural products for drug development and how
to care for one of Florida's great natural resources, the ocean. A teacher workshop,
attended by ten local educators, was held from June 6th - June 11th, 2004 at the Caribbean
Marine Research Center in Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, preparing participants to teach
this cutting-edge material.
The course involved snorkeling to view different marine habitats, lecture/discussions and
laboratory exercises. Course facilitators included Dr. Russell Kerr from FAU, Dr. Valerie
Paul from the Smithsonian Marine Station, Dr. John Reed from Harbor Branch, and FAU graduate
students Jennifer Boehnlein and Maia Mukherjee.
The experience proved to be extremely useful to the teachers, who will use modules developed
from the course in their "land-based" classrooms. While a goal of the program is to educate
the K-12 audience about marine biotechnology, a parallel objective is to utilize the concept
of "medicines from the sea" to enhance student understanding of the fundamentals of science,
math and engineering design. Our preliminary outreach efforts in the past year have shown
this approach to be very powerful.
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