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President's Note
Dear NYSMEANS,
Happy New Year! We all have our resolutions each year-- to lose weight, spend lesson money, be more organized, etc. Have you considered resolving to be more involved in NYSMEA?
As you know, our organization is entirely volunteer; it functions because we are all willing to put in time and effort, to share our talents, and to invite others to join us.
We have several upcoming opportunities for you to be more involved, including planning for our 2012 Conference (Save the date-- June 9, 2012 at SUNY Maritime under the Throgs Neck Bridge), participating in our Share-A-Thon on Jan 21st, or editing articles for Ripples. If none of these sound like your thing, feel free to email me with ideas on how you can contribute to your organization. Meg Meghan Marrero, Ed.D. NYSMEA President
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Restoring NY Habitats Webinar- Jan 25 at 1pm
As you may have heard, NYSMEA members are heading back to the Louisiana coast to restore vital habitats this spring. You may wonder-- what is being done here, at home, to restore our New York habitats?
On Weds, January 25th at 1pm, join our Webinar to talk with experts that are restoring habitats in your neck of the woods!
Register here.
Speakers include:
- Damian Griffin, Education Director at Bronx River Alliance, who will talk about oyster reintroduction and/or salt marsh habitat restoration work at the mouth of the Bronx River
- Kim Barbour, Outreach Coordinator, Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Meadows Program, who will discuss eelgrass bed restoration in NY waters
- Beth Roessler, with NYSDEC, who will present on stream buffer work along the tributaries of the Hudson River.
Register here.
You must be a NYSMEA member to partake in this Webinar, so join today!
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There is still time to sign up for our...
FREE Share-A-Thon!
Looking for new ideas and activities for your classroom? If so, be sure to attend NYSMEA's first Share-A-Thon on January 21st, 2012 at Teachers College at Columbia University!
Enjoy a free breakfast and then move from table to table to see workshops presented by educators and collect lots of materials and new ideas!
Email Nordica with questions or REGISTER here.
After the Share-A-Thon, we'll be having our NYMSEA Monthly Meeting, so be sure to stay for lunch and join us!
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Ripples is coming soon!
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Ripples, NYSMEA's journal, is scheduled to come out before the end of the year.
Here are the articles we will be featuring: Whales, Whales, Whales! by Alexander Mildener
Seahorses: Long Island's Fish Odditiies by Chris Paparo
Geospatial Learning in the Classroom: A Call for Collaboration by David Stolarz
Ocean LIteracy for All
by Meghan E. Marrero
We need your help to make this publication successful! Add to your resume with one or more of the opportunities below:
Get published! For upcoming issues, we are looking for diverse marine-related articles, including recaps of scientific studies, lesson ideas, and personal anecdotes.
Edit! Experienced editors needed to help review submitted articles and prepare them for publication.
Review! Peer reviewers needed to ensure that Ripples is a high quality journal in marine education.
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HAPPY
NEW YEAR
from your
NYSMEA family!
We're excited to spend another year with you all and hope to see some new faces at our upcoming NYSMEA events.
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New Web postings!!
- Lots and lots! of new JOB postings! here
- Tons of scholarship opportunities! here
- Summer is just around the corner-- time to sign up for those internship and volunteer opportunities! here
- Join us at various NYSMEA and other events! here
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Join NYSMEA!
NYSMEA holds an annual conference, periodic meetings, lectures, workshops, field trips, and boat trips. Learn a lot, have a great time and meet some talented, energized educators with a passion for water, just like yours! Not a member?
Click here and join only $20 a year.
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