Student Summit: Related Content
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Webcast: 'We Sea Change,' a Climate Change Education Video
What is climate change, and how is it affecting coastal Carolina? That is the question that a group of teens from Isaac Bear Early College High School set out to answer for their Third National Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts project.
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Earth Day 101: Students Set the Example
For more than 40 years, Earth Day has been a day to get your hands dirty—or wet! No act of green or blue is too small. Whether you choose to plant a tree or pledge to use less water, small collective acts add up. They also help raise awareness and inspire protection of the Earth and its ocean.
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North Carolina Aquarium Delegation at Bald Head Island
These students from North Carolina are among dozens from the U.S. and Mexico who are developing action plans on ocean and climate-related issues in their local communities. They’re getting advice from their teachers and experts at aquariums and marine research centers. As part of the Third Student Summit on Coastal and Ocean Issues, the students presented their plans in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2011, in a program that was webcast live from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Learn more about the Student Summit and webcast.
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Teens Making a Difference in Your Community
Over the past year I have been working for an organization called Coastal America helping to plan the Third National Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts, a program that teams up high school students with educators to work on an ocean-related research project and “action plan” in their community.
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How Do You Prepare for a Hurricane? Students Tell Us How
How should you prepare for a hurricane? Students from Bay High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi--who were participating in the Third Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts--created this instructional video to help show the importance of storm preparation and evacuation techniques. The students presented the video at the Student Summit, held at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC on February 15, 2011.
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Climate Change Education in Coastal Carolina
What is climate change, and how is it affecting coastal Carolina? That is the question that a group teens from Isaac Bear Early College High School set out to answer for their Third National Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts project.
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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 5: Jean-Michel Cousteau
Recorded on Feb. 15, 2011, award-winning ocean filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau addresses students and educators at the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts. Cousteau, president of the Ocean Futures Society, discusses climate change, marine debris, and free diving with great white sharks. Cousteau's lecture was streamed live from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 4
Recorded Feb. 15, 2011, this video from the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts includes presentations that were given by delegations from the Mystic Aquarium (01:00), Gulf Coast Research Laboratory & Marine Education Center (17:00), Seattle Aquarium (30:15) and the Waikiki Aquarium (44:30).
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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 2
Recorded Feb. 15, 2011, this video from the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts includes public awareness and education presentations that were presented by delegations from the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (2:20), Shedd Aquarium (17:30), Veracruz Aquarium (30:15) and the Aquarium of the Pacific (43:50).
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Georgia Aquarium Delegation
What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from Georgia are among dozens from the U.S. and Mexico who are developing action plans on ocean and climate-related issues in their local communities. They’re getting advice from their teachers and experts at aquariums and marine research centers. As part of the Third Student Summit on Coastal and Ocean Issues, the students will present their plans in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2011, in a program that will be webcast live from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
