WORKSHOPS AND Events

Using 3-D Models in Google Earth to Teach Plate Tectonics and Other Aspects of Geology.
11 March, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Cost: US$35.
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison Univ.; Declan DePaor, Old Dominion Univ.
Starting Out in Undergraduate Research and Education: A Workshop for Early-Career Faculty and Those Seeking Academic Positions.
Cosponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research-Geosciences Division.
11 March, 1-5 p.m.— Canceled.
Helping K-12 Teachers Explore GSA Geoscience Resources.
11 March, 1:30-4:30 p.m. — Canceled.
Using MARGINS Data in your Classroom.
Cosponsored by the NSF-MARGINS Program.
11 March, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Jeff Ryan, Univ. of South Florida; Don Reed, San Jose State Univ.; Cathy Manduca, Carleton College; Geoff Abers, Boston University; Andrew Goodliffe, University of Alabama
To register, please go to http://serc.carleton.edu/margins/workshop09/index.html.

Southeastern Section Management Board Meeting
11 March 4–6 p.m.
Eastern Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (ES-SEPM) Keynote Address and Reception
12 March, 5 p.m.,
Steven G. Driese, Baylor University.
University of Georgia Alumni Gathering
12 March, 7 p.m.
Fish Tales, 1500 2nd Street South, St. Petersburg, +1-727-821-3474
Contact: Paul Schroeder,
GSA Campus Liason Breakfast
12 March 7:00-8:30 a.m. Bayboro Room
GSA Education Committee Meeting
13 March, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
NAGT Executive Committee Meeting
14 March 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and 15 March, 8 a.m.-noon., Skyway/Pier Room

Tour of the SSV Corwith Cramer, a modern oceanographic sailing vessel, St. Petersburg, Florida
Ship will be open to meeting attendees from 4–6 p.m., Fri. 13 March, and 9 a.m.–noon, Sat. 14 March in St. Petersburg. Univ. of South Florida (USF) Marine Science Laboratory dock, located at the end of 7th Ave South in St Petersburg. Cost: Free, Gary Jaroslow, Sea Education Association.
The 40-m two-masted brigantine Corwith Cramer is an oceanographic sailing vessel built for Sea Education Association (SEA) in Woods Hole, MA as an educational platform for undergraduate and high-school students to study the ocean from multidisciplinary perspectives. State-of-the-art instrumentation for collection and analysis of off-shore marine biological, chemical, geological and physical data will be on display during the tour. SEA data is available upon request to outside researchers, and it is regularly submitted to national archives to provide better access to the oceanographic community. Repeated cruises along relatively remote tracks provide capability for unique spatial and temporal data analyses. Ship tours will highlight student opportunities to engage in experiential learning of oceanography and nautical sciences.

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