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Educator from C.C. Winn High School
to Join Scientific Expedition:
EAGLE PASS, TX (August 23, 2011) - Educators and students from around the world will embark on Dr. Robert Ballard’s ship of exploration, the Nautilus, as it explores the waters of the Black and Mediterranean seas beginning this summer.
Representing schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, science centers and aquariums, they will join an international team of scientists and engineers exploring the seas’ biology, geology, and archaeology, and participate in live, interactive Web casts with shore-based audiences that began July 23. Twenty-one teachers will participate through the Nautilus Educator at Sea program, and 13 students and teachers will represent The JASON Project, a nationally acclaimed, exploration-based science program named for the mythological Greek explorer.
Randy Laurence, a teacher at C.C. Winn High School in Eagle Pass, will join the expedition as an Educator at Sea from September 25-October 2. He will board the Nautilus from Spain.
“I am most looking forward to communicating my experience to my students, friends, and family, and experiencing deep sea exploration with remotely operated vehicles”, Laurence said of the expedition.
Educators at Sea are embedded in the Nautilus’ scientific team, serving as interpreters and educational guides to audiences everywhere watching the ship’s explorations through live, interactive, around-the-clock Web casts beginning at Nautilus Live (www.nautiluslive.com) and The JASON Project (www.jason.org). The Web casts will also be available to viewers at Mystic Aquarium’s Nautilus Live Theater in Mystic, Conn., and to students in classrooms, after school programs, and summer camps served by The JASON Project and its Immersion Learning program.
District Administration magazine, a leading journal for K-12 school district administrators, has recognized Nautilus Live as Site of the Week for its “educational materials, videos, and real-time experiences for students to follow deep-sea exploration.”
Laurence and his colleagues prepared for the expedition during a three-day workshop in July held at the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, where Dr. Robert D. Ballard is professor of oceanography. Ballard is best known for his discovery of RMS Titanic.
“Giving kids everywhere live access to scientific expeditions is our way of getting their attention and helping them focus on careers in science, technology, and engineering,” Ballard said. “These dedicated and talented educators will help us do that, and foster
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