Exploring Local Waters: Hudson Canyon

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Take a deeper dive into the Hudson Canyon, one of the largest submarine canyons in the world, located just 100 miles east of NYC! This bio-diverse habitat offers a unique opportunity for an interdisciplinary lesson modeling civic participation, by highlighting a local, environmental human impact issue and proposing a course of action. In this course, you will work in groups to learn more about the ways stakeholders benefit from the canyon (as a natural and economic resource) and represent their viewpoints in proposing the Hudson Canyon as a marine sanctuary. Activities using data portals and modeling deep sea exploration promote exciting ways to expand your STEM strategies. Teachers will model student learning opportunities, brainstorm differentiation options for diverse learners, and develop an action plan for implementing course content into their curriculum.

This course is being offered as either a fully virtual course or a hybrid virtual-in-person course. If you choose the fully virtual option, you will be required to complete online work through Google Classroom as well as attend live Zoom sessions. If you choose the hybrid option, you will be required to attend live Zoom sessions, complete online work through Google Classroom, and will be able to choose two sessions to attend in-person at the NY Aquarium. See date choices below. Once you have registered for the course, you will be able to make your date and time selections through a form that will be included in your confirmation email.

Location: Choice of fully online - blended synchronous (live) and asynchronous (on your own) OR Hybrid - online as above with added in-person sessions at the NY Aquarium.
Dates: August 16 - August 27, 2021
Required Live Zoom Sessions: 8/16 and 8/26 9:00am-12:00pm, and 8/19 and 8/23 9:00am-1:00pm
Optional In-person sessions at the NY Aquarium: 8/17 8:30-11:30am, and 8/25 8:30-11:30am (may attend one or both)

Price: $250
Course is eligible for: 45 CTLE Hours & 3 P-Credits or A+ Credits

Registration Closed

For information on our Summer 2021 In-Person Safety Plan, click here.
For in-person participant requirements, read our Code of Conduct.

For more information about Professional Development courses, please contact: teacherinfo@wcs.org or (718) 220-5136


Meet Your Instructor

Christine DeMauro

Christine DeMauro has a passion for wildlife conservation that she hopes to inspire within you and your students. Christine obtained her M.S. in Biology at Hofstra University, doing research on the behavior and physiology of seastars - sparking a love for marine invertebrates. During this time, while an adjunct instructor at Hofstra University, she obtained a graduate degree in education and became a licensed NYS secondary education biology teacher. After working briefly for the Department of Education as a teacher, Christine joined WCS in 2011.

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