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Midpark High School biology students have traveled back in time to investigate microfossils of the Santa Barbara basin. Thanks goes out to Mindi Summers and her Cal-Echoes team for allowing students all the way in northeast Ohio the opportunity to … Continue reading →

New lesson plans have been added!  The graduate students and teachers that were onboard have developed great activities, and more are coming.  Please check them out on the lesson plan page or within each of the daily learning themes.  Some … Continue reading →

In the past few months, graduate students from the cruise have been having a lot of fun visiting local classrooms around San Diego and will even be going to some schools’ science fairs.  Please feel free to email us if … Continue reading →

Thus ends our scientific journey aboard the Melville, all that is left to do is clean up and go home. Samples are labeled, inventoried, and lashed down for the ~18hr boat ride home. The tables have been mostly cleared of … Continue reading →

The cruise is coming to an end. We had our last educator’s meeting this evening. Tomorrow we pack up, clean up and prepare to unload the boat. The transit back to San Diego will take 14 hours. With any luck … Continue reading →

As we prepare for our final night on the R/V Melville I find my self on the aft deck reflecting on the week past. As I look out over the water and see the now customary raft of sea lions … Continue reading →

October 2, 2010 On this final day of Cal-echoes research expedition I would like to pull together some final thoughts for my students to consider. The first is how important and critical it is for all students to have the … Continue reading →

October 1, 2010 I thinkthe week is coming to an end. there are several ways in which I know this. 1. All of my clothes have mud on them. (That’s as straight forward as its sounds) I’m running out of … Continue reading →

I’m happy to report that the educational goal of producing a video each day on different themes and getting it to the classroom for the entire week has been achieved. We have even gone over and above that by having … Continue reading →