More than 300 New Jersey school students, grades 3-12, Rutgers faculty, staff and students. Rutgers University scientists, graduate and undergraduate students will guide the students as they learn about exploring the ocean deep, Antarctic krill and penguins, ocean acidification, and much more.
5th Annual Rutgers Ocean Days 2014 – One Ocean
Tues., April 8, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Our Ocean Planet: Exploring Features of the Ocean, Grades 3-5
Wed., April 9, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Penguins Eat What? Where?: Penguin Foraging Ecology, Grades 6-8
Fri., April 11, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Hot and Acidic Krill: Climate Change in Antarctica, Grades 9-12
Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Rooms, Rutgers George H. Cook Campus, 59 Biel Road, New Brunswick, NJ.
Local schools participating:
Tuesday
Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented, Paterson, NJ
Woodland Elementary, Plainfield, NJ
Cecil S. Collins, Barnegat, NJ
Lincoln, Kearny, NJ
Veterans’ Memorial Elementary, Union City, NJ
Wednesday
Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented, Paterson, NJ
Cedar Drive Middle School, Colts Neck, NJ
Frankford Township School, Branchville, NJ
Franklin, Kearny, NJ
Victor Mravlag, Elizabeth, NJ
Friday
Homeschool, Somerset, NJ
Neptune High School, Neptune, NJ
North Jersey Coop, West Milford, NJ
North Plainfield High School, North Plainfield, NJ
Rutgers Ocean Days bring students from public, private and informal science education programs to Rutgers University to celebrate the ocean and the students’ scientific accomplishments. The goal is to excite and engage students in ocean science by providing a platform for them to learn about current marine science research from Rutgers oceanographers. The event encourages students to develop questions and participate in an inquiry-based scientific experiment or research project in their classrooms that builds upon their ocean knowledge. Through their investigations, students become actively engaged in ocean science and then act as science communicators and peer educators when they present their results at the event. Rutgers Ocean Days is hosted by the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and the Department of 4-H Youth Development.
