By Amy Whitt You graduate high school on a Friday and before even a week has passed you are packing up your teddy bear and heading out to sea on your first marine research expedition. This is any budding marine biologist’s dream! Many of us didn’t have our first at-sea research opportunity until we were […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #1 Bon Voyage
By Amy Whitt Winding our way through Louisiana’s marshes, we headed out to sea as part of an expedition to research marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Azura’s intern and recent high school graduate, Alexandria Hahn, and I have joined the LADC-GEMM research team for this survey. The Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center-Gulf Ecological Monitoring […]
The Vaquita: A Porpoise in Peril
30…a classroom of students, a team of football players, and the number of vaquita left on Earth. These tiny, critically endangered porpoises live only in the northern Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico, and their population is actually estimated to now be less than 30. Ironically, the number of family and friends that recently […]
Independent Study & Mentorship Research Showcase
From pediatric oncology to ballet company administration, the topics of the 2017 Research Showcase held in January at The Ford Center at The Star were diverse and unique. Hundreds of junior and high school students shared their initial research into their chosen fields of study with the local community. The Dallas Cowboys’ new practice facility […]
Gifted High Schooler Takes on the Marine Mammal Science World
Azura is helping Frisco, Texas, student Alexandria Hahn complete the Independent Study and Mentorship (ISM) Program. ISM is a rigorous, challenging, and rewarding course offered for academically gifted and high-achieving junior and senior students at Frisco Independent School District high schools. The students research careers and specific topics related to their chosen fields of study. Students conduct informational […]
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