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SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Calling all teachers!\nLearn from an expert guest speaker and Ocean Institute staff as they share insights on the importance of experiential learning and how hands-on opportunities can transform student engagement and understanding across all subjects.\n \n\nComplimentary lunch\nFree General Admission after the workshop – explore our touch tanks\, marine exhibits\, and more at your own pace!\n\n			\n				Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Guest Speaker: Dr. Ben Perlman\nProfessor at CSU Long Beach and Principal Investigator of STABB Lab\nDr. Benjamin Perlman is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University\, Long Beach. He is also the principal investigator of the STABB Lab (Stingray And Butterfly Biomechanics). His lab studies the kinematics\, kinetics\, and morphology of animals\, currently focusing on the round stingray. Using high-speed cameras\, material testers\, 3D scanners\, and X-ray imaging\, Ben and his team describe the form and function of stingrays. The STABB Lab is putting the science behind the colloquial SoCal saying\, “do the stingray shuffle!”Also\, Ben teaches an introduction to evolution and diversity course\, general ecology\, human anatomy\, ichthyology\, and scientific communication. He also collaborates with the Catalina Island Conservancy\, taking undergraduate students to Catalina to conduct various field studies across the island\, focusing on the introduced Argentine ant and the endemic shrew.Before he arrived at CSULB\, Ben studied the swimming performance of surfperches at Moss Landing Marine Labs for his Master’s degree\, then completed his Ph.D. at Wake Forest University studying the jumping and swimming kinematics and muscle physiology of an amphibious fish in Belize. He then became a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University focusing on bird wing biomechanics\, then conducted experiments on frog jumping and dragonfly larvae swimming and feeding behaviors at UC Irvine for his second postdoctoral position.\n 
URL:https://oceaninstitute.org/event/teacher-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Teachers
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SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Calling all teachers!\nLearn from an expert guest speaker and Ocean Institute staff as they share insights on the importance of experiential learning and how hands-on opportunities can transform student engagement and understanding across all subjects.\n \n\nComplimentary lunch\nFree General Admission after the workshop – explore our touch tanks\, marine exhibits\, and more at your own pace!\n\n			\n				Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Guest Speakers: Kevin Alison and Katie Elder\nNative Plant and Wildlife Conservation Managers on Catalina Island\nKevin Alison:\nKevin serves as the Native Plant Manager for Catalina Island\, where he leverages his expertise in conservation\, restoration\, and horticulture to safeguard the native biodiversity of plants and prevent extinction. He holds degrees in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Horticulture from College of the Desert\, Coastal Resource and Watershed Management from the University of Hawaii\, and a Master’s in Conservation and Restoration Science from the University of California Irvine. Kevin specializes in advanced propagation techniques such as plant tissue culture to conserve rare\, endangered\, and challenging-to-grow plants.\n \nKatie Elder:\nKatie serves as the Wildlife Conservation Manager for the Catalina Island Conservancy. She did her undergraduate work at Humboldt State University where she received BS degrees in Wildlife Conservation Biology and Marine Biology. She completed her masters work at California Polytechnic State University\, SLO studying island fox home range characteristics on Santa Rosa Island. Katie worked for seven years facilitating independent wildlife research projects with middle and high school students in New Mexico\, and taught high school biology for a year. She is passionate about meaningful science engagement for young\, budding scientists.\n 
URL:https://oceaninstitute.org/event/teacher-workshop-3/
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