At ORCA, highschoolers earn college credit while answering research questions of their own design aboard a 34-foot research vessel. Ardi Kveven made it possible.
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Our featured mentor for November 2022 is Greg Graeber, Marine Educator III at Dauphin Island Sea Lab on Dauphin Island, AL.
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Our September featured student mentor was Bailey Dawson, Jr., Senior Manager of Education Programs and Operations at the Georgia Aquarium, Inc.
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Penn State Brandywine (Media, PA) Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences Laura Guertin writes about her journey to become an Onboard Outreach Officer on JOIDES Resolution.
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Our National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) mentor for May 2022 is Leann Winn (she/they), Upper School Faculty and Advisor at the Trevor Day School.
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Janet co-coordinates stakeholder outreach education and engagement for the Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network (SOCAN) and is an ocean acidification researcher at the University of Delaware.
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Our January highlighted mentor is Diana Payne, Associate Professor & Education Coordinator at Connecticut Sea Grant, University of Connecticut.
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Our May highlighted mentor is David Christopher, Marine Education Specialist for Delaware Sea Grant at the University of Delaware.
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Our National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) monthly mentor for March is Sandra Bilbo, Director’s Assistant at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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Our February featured student mentor is Jenna LoDico, Director of Marine Studies at the Canterbury School of Florida. Jenna works with students in Pre-K through Grade 12 and focuses on creating opportunities to engage students in marine science and environmental education.
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The 2020 NMEA Marine Education Award winner, Kasey Gaylord-Opalewski, has been designing, developing, and coordinating innovative digital programming for non-profit organizations since 2002. She has over 20 years of “on-air” experience as an educator and moderator for virtual interactive lessons.
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Our January featured student mentor is Sean den Bok, School and Public Programs Manager at the Seattle Aquarium. Sean manages the teams that provide equitable access to lifelong learning opportunities for students, teachers and families before, during and after school.
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Our December featured mentor is Joanna Philippoff, Assistant Specialist at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Education, Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG).
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Dr. Amanda Waite is the Director of Science Education & Advancement for ANGARI Foundation where she develops and implements education programs for K-12 students that work to break down barriers between scientists and the public while encouraging ocean literacy and active engagement in marine science.
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Kanesa Duncan-Seraphin is Director of the Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Center for Marine Science Education. Our work focuses on making ocean science accessible—breaking down the barriers of how and by whom research is conducted, providing career connections and engaging the community in societal issues.
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As Environmental Education Coordinator for the Town Of Madison, CT, Julie Ainsworth designs and teaches field studies for local schools, and classes for the public at the town’s beaches, marshes, forests and ponds.
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Debbi Stone shares how a collaboration between The Florida Aquarium, the Tampa Bay STEM Network, and Earth2Ocean, Inc. helped author and scientist Dr. Ellen Prager virtually transport audiences to the Galápagos Islands with her new book, Escape Galápagos.
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Art and Science came together beautifully in Valerie Cournoyer’s Plastics in the Ocean Turtle Sculpture Project at Amity High School in Woodbridge, CT, funded by the Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation in 2019.
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As the Education Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia, Sarah Nuss works with students, teachers, and the general public, teaching them about the Chesapeake Bay.
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