Concurrent Sessions Schedule

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Friday, October 20

9:30 - 11:00 SCMEA Board meeting - Jamie’s Lodge Rm 30

2:00 - 4:00 Field Trip - E/V Discovery. Meet on the beach.

3:00 - 7:00 Registration - Multi-Purpose Building

5:30 - 6:00 “Welcome New Friends” reception for first-timers and new members - Multi-Purpose Building (upstairs)

5: 30 - 6:30 Wine & Cheese Reception, Posters, Exhibits - Multi-Purpose Building

6:30 - 7:30 Dinner - Dining Hall

7:30 - 8:00 Welcome by St. Christopher Staff and Preview of NMEA 2007 by Colette Dryden - Chapel of the Palms

9:00 - 9:00 Keynote Address: Dave Owens, College of Charleston,

"The Inside Story of Sex in the Sea Turtles " - Chapel of the Palms

9:00 - Seining by Bonfire – Beach at West Bonfire Ring (in front of Seaoats Lodge)

Saturday, October 21

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast - Dining Hall

8:00 - 4:00 Registration - Multi-Purpose Building

8:00 - 4:00 Exhibits and Posters - Multi-Purpose Building

9:00 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions in Conference Center meeting rooms (see below)

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch - Dining Hall

1:00 - 1:45 GAME Business Meeting - Arts and Crafts Building P

1:00 - 1:45 SCMEA Business Meeting -Chapel of the Palms

2:00 - 5:00 Concurrent Field Sessions and Field Trips (see below)

5:00 - 5:30 Marine Meringue – Ocean View Conference Center

6:30 - 7:30 Cookout Dinner and Silent Auction – Picnic Area (Auction items in Multi-Purpose Building)

7:30 - 8:30 Live Auction – Multi-Purpose Building

8:30 - 11:00 Live Music, etc. – Picnic Area

Sunday, October 22

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast - Dining Hall

8:00 - 10:00 Exhibits and Posters - Multi-Purpose Building

9:00 - 11:45 Concurrent Sessions in Conference Center meeting rooms

12:00 - 12:30 Lunch - Dining Hall

12:45 - 2:00 Awards & Auction Card Finalists - Multi-Purpose Building

SESSIONS SCHEDULE

E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, G=General, Adm = Administrators, A=All

1-7 = Ocean Literacy Seven Essential Principals addressed; see Addendum for details

Saturday, October 21

SESSION I: CONCURRENT SESSION: 9:00 - 10:15

Connecting People, Community and Environment to Improve Instruction and Learning (A; 4-6) – Ocean View Conference Center

Edward H. Falco, SC State Department of Education

Explore systems thinking strategies: big picture, cause/effect, long-term, patterns, mind grooves, and paradigm shifts to improve marine educator/learner relationships and meaningful instructional connections.

Whale Sharks, the Galapagos and Gun-Slinging Politics (A; 2,5,6) – Arts and Crafts Building P

Vicki Soutar, Oconee County High School

Should the Galapagos Islands be taken off the World Heritage Site List? See footage and hear about a Shark Research Institute Expedition to satellite-tag whale sharks off Darwin Island, the most remote of the Galapagos Islands. Fish stories, “big” animal encounters and gun-slinging politics abound.

Exploring Plate Tectonics: A Hands-On Approach (M, S, C; 1-7) – Chapel of the Palms

Leslie Sautter, Project Oceanica

Using puzzles and models, explore some of the basics of the Plate Tectonic Theory, including seafloor spreading, lithosphere characteristics and subduction.

Interpretive Methods Outdoors (A; 3-6) – Jamie’s Lodge Rm 30

Diane Wiktorowski, Tybee Island Marine Science Center; Kristin Bartoo

How do you interpret the natural world to your students? Explore Freeman Tilden’s six methods of interpretation through an interactive waterfall, songs, a sensory activity and a Trail of Beauty.

SESSION II: CONCURRENT SESSION: 10:30 - 11:45

FIN-tastic Fish of Georgia and South Carolina (E, M, S, G; 1, 5, 6, 7) – Ocean View Conference Center

Angela Bliss, Tybee Island Marine Science Center; Anna Rahn

Swim on in for this entertaining and interactive presentation on some of our fishy friends. Useful FIN-tastic activities, NSES curriculum ideas, handouts and DOOR PRIZES!!!

Exploring the Lost City Hydrothermal Vent Field: A New Type of Vent System and a New Method of Exploration (A; 1,2,5,7) – Arts and Crafts Building P

Paula Keener-Chavis, NOAA Ocean Exploration Program

Explore the Lost City Hydrothermal Field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a completely new vent environment unlike any seen before on Earth. Amazing video and lessons.

The Natural History of Galapagos Critters (A; 1-5) – Chapel of the Palms

Julie Cliff, Mrs. Cliff’s Eco-Adventures; Leslie Sautter

Learn the natural history of the unique creatures of the magical Galapagos Islands through the pictures and experiences of two fellow marine science educators.

Problem-Based Learning in Marine Biology Classes (M, S, C; 1-7) – Jamie’s Lodge Rm 30

John Peters, College of Charleston; Dorian McMillan,

This workshop will show you how to use real-world issues to engage your students, deepen their learning, and help them understand the importance of marine biology in their lives!

SESSION III: CONCURRENT OUTDOOR FIELD SESSION: 2:00 - 4:00

S.O.S: Save Our Shorebirds! (E, M; 5-6) – Meet in Ocean View Conference Center

Mike Walker, Huntington Beach State Park; Steve Roff

Through the hands-on use of tools such as transects, quadrats, core samplers, and water quality test kits, participants in this standards-based Discover Carolina program will investigate the biotic and abiotic factors of a coastal ecosystem as they impact an increasingly threatened group of animals, the shorebirds. Afterwards, help with a service learning project to protect these rapidly declining birds.

Let’s Get Sandy: Sea Turtles on the Beach! (E, G; 6) – Meet on the beach in front of Cabin 2 (Fiddler)

Ann Wilson, Myrtle Beach State Park

Crawl through a shrimp net, read a crawl, dig a nest, conduct mock turtle nest inventories and strandings. Elementary curriculum. No live turtles.

Sunday, October 22

SESSION IV: CONCURRENT SESSION: 9:00 - 9:45

Mapping It Out: Stormwater Runoff in Our Wetlands (A; 6) - Ocean View Conference Center

Karen Fuss, Center for Marine and Wetlands Studies, Coastal Carolina University; Nick Gadbois

Stand up and enjoy a hands-on, interactive mapping activity while experiencing the watershed approach. Identify land uses and their impacts on our waterways. Learn solutions to reduce nonpoint source pollution at home and in your community.

Tybee Turtles (A; 6) - Arts and Crafts Building P

Heather Kozak, Tybee Island Marine Science Center; Kellie Lewis

Combine sunrise walks, conservation, education corporate and community involvement into one turtle-ific project! Scute in for eggs-travagant ideas and hatch a program of your own.

Discover Carolina: The Coast in Motion (E; 2, 6) - Chapel of the Palms

Elaine Freeman, Edisto Beach State Park; Laurel Weeks

Having difficulty teaching coastal processes to your students? Then join us for a fun, hands-on field study demonstrating the dynamic processes that constantly change our coast!

Marine Science for Students From All Walks of Life (E; 5, 6) - Jamie’s Lodge Rm 30

Anne Lindsay Frick, UGA Marine Extension Service

Land-lubbers need marine science experiences to appreciate and become coastal / ocean stewards. The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service targets underserved communities of students and teachers through the Marine Science Scholarship Program. A little bit of money and committed partners create exciting marine science opportunities for kids from all walks of life.

SESSION V: CONCURRENT SESSION: 10:00 - 10:45

Training Future Science Educators: The South Carolina Aquarium High School Intern Program (S, G, Adm; 5-6) – Ocean View Conference Center

Kathy Kowalchick, SC Aquarium

In an effort to encourage minority participation in the sciences, the South Carolina Aquarium offers high school juniors paid internships during the summer, to explore new career paths and gain valuable job skills.

Be Crabby: People Will Notice You (A; 2,4,6) – Arts And Crafts Building P

Harold E. Oberg

The “Crabihabitat” is an interactive field- to- lab activity and display that permits students to learn about and demonstrate the ways that fiddler crabs become important parts of the coastal marsh and estuarine habitats. Session participants will learn how to collect field samples to create and maintain classroom displays of living organisms that help to shape and maintain an ecological balance within the Atlantic Coastal Marshes.

Ocean Currents and Circulation in the South Atlantic Bight (A; 1,2,7) – Chapel of the Palms

Margaret Olsen, Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence- Southeast; Lundie Spence

Currents Anyone??? COSEE SE, in conjunction with SEACOOS, presents its latest in a series of awesome posters -- “Circulation”. Come enjoy hands-on activities involving current circulation in the South Atlantic Bight and receive a free poster for your classroom.

Forever Slack (S,C,G; 1,2,7) – Jamie’s Lodge Rm 30

Rob Young, Coastal Carolina University; Jamie Kashary, Kelsey Gocke

Slack tides happen about every 6 ½ hours, right? Hmmm… With this simple classroom activity, we’ll show you that in the marshes of South Carolina, you can find slack tide at ANY time. And so can the animals that live there! Come learn about physical flows and behavioral strategies in the salt marsh.

SESSION VI: CONCURRENT SESSION: 11:00 - 11:45

Marine Pollution: Environmental Concerns (A) – Ocean View Conference Center

Donald W. Sweeper, Environmental Education Association of South Carolina

We have long used the sea as a dump for our wastes. But the ocean’s ability to absorb is not inexhaustible. Marine pollution is the introduction into the ocean, by humans, of substances or energy that changes the quality of the water or affects the physical, chemical or biological environment.

You Can Publish! (A; 5-6) – Arts and Crafts Building P

Mare Timmons, UGA Marine Extension Service

Don’t let your creative ideas go to waste! Perhaps you would like to publish a hands-on activity that you have designed or tell everyone how unique your classroom methods are. You don’t need to be a great writer to have your work published. Share your uniqueness with thousands of people! You can do it, and I’ll give you some hints on how You Can Publish! Handouts included.

Experiential Learning and Tall Ships (E, M, S, C; 1-6) – Chapel of the Palms

Captain Tony Arrow, SC Maritime Heritage Foundation

This information session with show how to integrate 5-6th grade science and math standards into the experiential historic tall ship setting.

Geomorphology of Dewees Island: Measuring an Mapping the Beach of A Barrier Island as It Changes Throughout the Course of A Year (G; 2) – Jamie’s Lodge Rm 30

David Betenbaugh, The Deedee Paschal Barrier Island Trust

Barrier islands are extremely dynamic systems that can change dramatically month to month. This presentation will introduce a study that is measuring and mapping the beach of Dewees Island as it changes throughout an entire year.

POSTERS: MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING T (Presenters will be present during the reception on Friday)

The ACE Necklace: Cooperating Partners Working For A Common Goal (G; 1-7)

Al Segars, SC Department of Natural Resources; Louis D. Heyward, Sr.

The ACE Basin is often referred to as the “Pearl of the Lowcountry”. If this vast area of pristine waters and land is indeed the “Pearl”, then the agencies and who help preserve and protect it can also be considered pearls. Together these cooperating agencies make up a “pearl necklace”. This “pearl necklace” of organizations work cooperatively with a common goal of conserving the ACE and its resources for future generations to enjoy.

ScienceQuest: An After-School Science Experience (A; 1-7)

Katrina Phillips, University of South Carolina; Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Maxine Henry

ScienceQuest is an after-school program led by volunteer science undergraduate and graduate students. It engages middle school children in hands-on geological and ocean science activities.