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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LAUNCH BOATS THEY BUILT IN SCIENCE CLASS

Friday, 13 May 2011 12:48 Chamber Staff

Searsport High, Penobscot Marine Museum Collaborated on Innovative Class Project

Two new wooden boats will be launched at the Searsport town dock at noon on May 20. But while boat launchings are often a cause for celebration, this one will also represent the successful completion of a semester-long science course for seven students from Searsport District High School.

Since January, students Holly Hassapelis, Derrik Kenney, Alex Lane, Emily LaRosa, Jason Pendleton, Shane Sauer, and Rebecca Trimble have been working with master boatbuilder Greg Rössel to build two Shellback Dinghies at Penobscot Marine Museum. The project was the result of an innovative collaboration between the museum and the high school, designed to teach physical science by providing students with first-hand exposure to boat-related concepts such as center of effort, buoyancy, vectors, and drag.

Left Bank Concludes Lyceum

Friday, 13 May 2011 12:22 Chamber Staff

Left Bank Books in Searsport will host its final Sunday Lyceum program this Sunday, May 22nd, from 3:30 to 5 pm, with a talk by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins, author of the "Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights." Inspired by the exotic encyclopedias of the 16th century, Kerwin Jenkins' "Encyclopedia" is a sumptuous verbal "cabinet of curiosities," brimming with fascinating entries about all those things she deems "exquisite". Arranged alphabetically, the diverse and beguiling subjects are briefly summarized and charmingly illustrated, among them the origin of badminton, the history of the tassel, Champagne, the Elephantine Colossus (one of several elephant-shaped 19th-century buildings), enthusiasm, frilly lingerie, mouches (fake beauty marks!), omelets, sequins, twilight, and whistling. With its engaging anecdotes and perfect design, it's just the right 'exquisite' book for its subject!

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First-time ever offered: Oceanography Course with New Lab Component

Friday, 06 May 2011 10:43 Chamber Staff

Students and midcoast residents have been asking for an Oceanography Lab Science course that would meet general education requirements as well be fun and interesting – especially for all of us interested in marine science and the midcoast.　
Your requests have been heard.　 The UMaine Hutchinson Center is pleased to announce the offering of both the Lecture class (SMS 110)for 3 credits as well as the new Lab component (SMS 111) for one credit.　 UMaine science faculty developed the lab component to complement the lecture course.　 If you have already taken SMS 110 and only need to add theLab

– now you can!
The lecture and laboratory course, Concepts in Oceanography (SMS 110/111) will be offered this summer at the UMaine Hutchinson Center from May 9th to August 19th. The oceanography course has been offered at the Hutchinson Center in past summers, but this year it includes a new laboratory section.　　 The course meets weekly, and the instructor is School of Marine Sciences professor, Dr. William Ellis.

Participants will learn about physical, chemical, and biological aspects of oceanography, how these components interact to function as an ocean system, how ocean systems change through time, and the science behind current issues related to the Gulf of Maine and global oceans.　

Laboratories will include field measurements and local water sampling in Belfast Bay, studies of intertidal and marine organisms from the Gulf of Maine and current issues related to oceans and local marine ecosystems.　 Students will have the opportunity to develop their computer skills by investigating Gulf of Maine buoy data.　 The laboratory also includes a daylong Saturday field trip to the Darling Marine Center in Bristol, ME, with half-day voyage aboard the research vessel, the Ira C to learn how scientists study marine ecosystems.

This course is for everyone　-- for students, teachers, fishermen, naturalists, and any citizens who would like to understand the science of Earth's oceans, and in particular, our local Gulf of Maine system.　 FMI call the Center at 338-8000 for a copy of the Oceanography brochure and flyer.

The Hutchinson Center also offers a variety of other lab science courses:　 Chemistry for Everyday Living (Chy 101/102), Introductionto Chemistry　 (Chy 121/123), Introduction to Biology (Bio 100), Biology:The Living Science (Bio 222/223), Anatomyand Physiology (Bio 208), Introduction to Physiological Chemistry (Bmb 208/210).

To register or to find out more about science courses at the Hutchinson Center, please call the Hutchinson Center at 338-8000 (toll-free 800-753-9044) or visit the Hutchinson Center website at

www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu.　
You can also make an appointment to meet (or talk on the phone) with our Academic Advisor, Jose Cordero.　 He can also assist you in career planning, admissions and registration paperwork, scholarship and financial aid forms, and tours of the Hutchinson Center.　 Come meet with an advisor and take a tour of the state-of-the-art facility.
http://www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LAUNCH BOATS THEY BUILT IN SCIENCE CLASS

Left Bank Concludes Lyceum

First-time ever offered: Oceanography Course with New Lab Component

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