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Coursera’s first marine science MOOC: Marine Megafauna | An Introduction to Marine Science and Conservation

In her preface to the second edition of “The Sea Around Us”, Rachel Carson succinctly captured the importance of the ocean when it comes to life on earth, including humans.…
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New Article in Eos – Smartphones and Geoscience Education

[photo size=’medium’ align=’right’ title=’Heather Heenehan records a marine species sighting on her iPhone’ icon=’zoom’ lightbox=’image’ link=’http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/johnston/files/2013/11/2013-11-05-DWJ-IMG_1112.jpg’]http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/johnston/files/2013/11/2013-11-05-DWJ-IMG_1112.jpg[/photo] As we are approaching the launch of the Coastal Walkabout citizen science network in Western…
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$1500 outreach grant awarded to Superpod members

Earlier this fall the Duke Center for Science Education announced a small grant ($500-$1500) competition for student teams to work on hands-on activities for 4th through 10th graders.  Joy Stanistreet…
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