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Friday Evening Schedule6:30 - 9:00 PM FMSEA Mixer - Nelson Government & Cultural Center - Relax withFMSEA friends, old and new! Come mingle with your colleagues on thelawn of the Nelson Government and Cultural Center. Enjoy heavy horsd’oeuvres and refreshments as you groove to the tunes of DJ Jay. Beer,wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.Saturday ScheduleImmediately after sunset (7:58 to be exact!), Billy Causey, Ph.D., RegionalDirector of the National Marine Sanctuary Program, will welcomeparticipants to the Florida <strong>Key</strong>s with stories and reflections on hismany years working and living in this unique environment. This will bea great kick-off to what is sure to be a fabulous array of sessions andscience on Saturday.7:45 - 8:30 AM Registration Open - Nelson Government & Cultural Center8:30 - 10:00 AM Opening General Session and Strategic Plan UpdatePanel Discussion with Dr. Billy Causey, Mr. Ken Nedimyer, Dr. JulieLambert and Dr. Alex BrylskeEach panelist will give a five-minute introduction of themselves andtheir thoughts on global climate change/ocean acidification, as it relatesto their respective fields. A short clip from a documentary, created byDean Shwinberger, on ocean acidification will be shown prior to thepanel’s discussion. Moderator Howard Rutherford will filter questionsfrom the audience. Questions can be submitted prior to the OpeningSession at the registration table.10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Open - Coral Shores High School10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall OpenSession I10:10 - 11:00 AM Ocean Productions - Motivating with Movie Maker - Mrs. ValerieGaynor, Jensen Beach High SchoolRoom 4-212 ● G, N, E, M, H, PIntendedAudience <strong>Key</strong>G - GeneralN - Non-FormalE - ElementaryM - Middle SchoolH - High SchoolP - Post SecondaryParticipants will leave this session with working knowledge of how touse Movie Maker in a marine science classroom. Movie Maker is easy tolearn and easy to teach, so your students will be producing their ownvideos in no time.pHate of <strong>Corals</strong>: Ocean Acidification Lessons for the Classroom -Ms. Casey Boleman, Florida Institute of Technology; Mr. Philip Gravinese,Brevard County Public SchoolsRoom 4-213 • HWhat if there were no more coral reefs? Is it possible that the world’sPage 6FMSEA Annual Conference
IntendedAudience <strong>Key</strong>G - GeneralN - Non-FormalE - ElementaryM - Middle SchoolH - High SchoolP - Post Secondarycoral reefs are in danger of disappearing before our eyes? This presentationwill include demonstrations of activities that can be utilized inhigh school classrooms, including two inquiry-based lessons developedaround the issue of ocean acidification. Students learn that increasingamounts of carbon dioxide are being dumped into the atmosphere fromburning fossil fuels, causing the ocean to become more acidic.Marine Science/Aquaculture/Aquaponics Academy (Part 2): Collaborationfor Sustainability and Entrepreneurship - Mrs. KatrinRudge, Mrs. Diane Bassett; Mrs. Jada Thompson; Dr. Norine Eckstrom,Riverview High SchoolRoom 4-214 • HRiverview’s science/CTE team (marine, environmental, aquaculture) isexcited to describe its unique personalized, project-based curricula integratingresearch, science, aquaculture, entrepreneurship, engineering,and communication skills. Current projects involve food fish (tilapia);koi and aquatic plants; different varieties of cichlids, and fish waste isused for aquaponics. Our new school currently has two fully operational5-crypt RAS aquaculture systems with plans to add an outdoor aquaculture/sciencecenter housing a 72X30 greenhouse, 30X60 researchfacility, and dock.Plankton Monitoring as a Teaching Tool for All Ages - Miranda Kerr,Florida Oceanographic SocietyRoom 4-213 • G, N, E, M, H, PI registered Florida Oceanographic as a sampling site for NOAA’s PhytoplanktonMonitoring Network. The program’s goal is to monitor andpromote awareness of harmful algal blooms. In addition to the scientificdata collection, I created three education programs: an adult educationclass on plankton, a volunteer training and monitoring program, and aunit on phytoplankton for summer camp. Other schools and organizationscould register as sites and utilize these educational programs toenhance the experience.Studying the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Three Reef Building<strong>Corals</strong> of the Caribbean/Western Atlantic: Research and EducationThrough Public Aquaria - Mr. Butch Ringelspaugh, The Pier AquariumRoom 2-206 • G, NA presentation based on studying the effects of ocean acidification onthree of the most important and beautiful corals endemic to the Caribbean/WesternAtlantic. Two of the corals are listed on the EndangeredSpecies List, Elkhorn Coral and Staghorn Coral, while the third is thehybrid of the two, Fused Staghorn Coral. I will discuss how this projectwill utilize cutting edge technology for research and education at ThePier Aquarium in St. Petersburg, FLFMSEA Annual ConferencePage 7
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