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Teachers from the Institute for Science Instruction and Study Visit USGS in Woods Hole
The teachers are participants in ISIS, established in 1985, which is an intense, 2-year interdisciplinary program aimed at advanced-degree science teachers interested in bringing new discoveries, technologies, and ideas into the classroom. This was the third ISIS group to visit Woods Hole since 1995. The teachers were given a tour of the WHFC facility, including a visit to GHASTLI (Gas Hydrate And Sediment Test Laboratory Instrument) and other instrumentation in the Geotechnical Laboratory that is used by Bill Winters, Bill Waite, Dave Mason, and Brandon Dugan (a recent postdoctoral fellow from Penn State). The teachers were given a presentation on gas hydrates, including information about USGS field and laboratory programs. They also viewed video clips of a force-12 storm weathered by the Ocean Drilling Program's drill ship JOIDES Resolution and the giant-piston-coring program conducted aboard the French Polar Institute's research vessel Marion Dufresne during July 2002 in the Gulf of Mexico. The teachers were given numerous fact sheets, teacher's packets, and Web-related handouts provided by Nancy Soderberg and Joanne Sedlock, and enjoyed learning about ongoing work performed by the WHFC, as depicted in hallway posters. Because each of the 16 teachers instructs 100 to 130 students per day, the information gained by the Woods Hole visit potentially reached more than 1,600 students the following week.
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in this issue:
New Map Poster for Falmouth, MA Science Teachers Visit Woods Hole USGS Landsat Images Appear in Textbook Scientists Give "Telelecture" to Louisiana Students USGS Landsat Image Featured at Museum Manheim Lectures in Ireland and Sweden
Natural Science and Better Health
Mendenhall Fellows Lecture in Reston, VA Mendenhall Fellow Joins Coral Reef Project Netherlands Scientist Visits Woods Hole USGS Employees Find Avocation in Blacksmithing
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