The Duke Marine Lab and the Beaufort National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have partnered with Carteret County Schools to provide 400 middle school students with a year-round environmental education opportunity. A team of Duke Marine Lab faculty and students and K-12 educators will facilitate a three-project with Smyrna Middle School and Beaufort Middle School in Carteret County to explore water quality issues that have significant scientific, economic, and social importance to this commercial fishing community. The objective is to engage middle school students in a hands-on, long-term research project pertinent to their daily lives. The program will involve students in research excursions into the marine/coastal environment, support students' long-term, hands-on involvement in research, and enhance the growing and successful direct connection between middle school students in coastal communities and marine scientists. Students will share their research projects with their school and community, as well as other schools via the web.

Quickfacts Program dates: Year-round Open to: Students at Smyrna Middle School and Beaufort Middle School Format: Research excursions into the marine/coastal environment Other info: Middle school students will be engaged in hands-on, long-term research that is pertinent to their daily lives Contact: Celia Bonaventura, Ph.D. Director Marine/Freshwater Biomedical Center Duke University Marine Lab 135 Marine Lab Road Beaufort, NC 28516 Phone: 252/504-7591 Fax: 252/504-7648 Email: bona@duke.edu Links: Duke University Marine Lab

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