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Volume 7, No. 1, 2004-2005

Feature Articles:
  Exotic Species
  National Environmental Education Week
  Searching for Answers in Damaged DNA
  Educator "Up Close"
  Program "Up Close"
  ESEP Calendar
  Professional Calendar
  Teacher Research Fellowship Program

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Focusing on
Local Science Education
• Environmental Education
• Marine Education
• Research Partnerships
• Restoration Programs

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Standard Features
Professional Calendar: up-to-date calendar of meetings and conferences in the area of science education.

Professional Update: listing of where to go for continuing education and professional development workshops, programs, and fellowships.

Educator Up Close: spotlight article on a local educator doing innovative programming in their classroom.

Program Up Close: spotlight article on either a professional development workshop/program, student enhancement field trip, or other organizations that provide similar programming.

If there is a key ... it is education.

As population growth continues to increase throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the challenges facing restoration will continue to increase as well. While research will be critical to help us understand complex ecological processes, particularly the impact of human activities, and to provide information that can be adopted for natural resource management, science alone will not lead to sustaining the restoration of the Bay or any ecosystem. If there is a key, it is education - education of the young scientists and engineers who will be responsible for the next generation of coastal-based research; education of specialist to work in marine-related fields; and education of our citizens who must have the scientific knowledge to make reasoned choices that will influence environmental decision making.
  - 1999 Maryland Sea Grant Program Directory

The Maryland Sea Grant Program serves the citizens of Maryland by developing innovative outreach programs that bring University-based research to bear on concerns related to Chesapeake Bay. It is supported by a staff of specialists in the following areas: finfish and biotechnology, shellfish, water quality, economics, seafood technology, education, policy, and communications.