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EDUCATION AND EVENTS
The Ocean Genome Legacy Center provides learning opportunities and events for future scientists, curious conservationists, and experts alike.
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION MATERIALS

fish forensics
The goal of this activity is to teach students about different ways scientists can determine the species identification of a fish. Video instructions and materials can be found below.

SNOW PEA EXTRACTION
The goal of this activity is to teach students about DNA extraction using household materials. Materials can be found below.

Sea Star Wasting Disease
What is happening to sea stars in the New England intertidal habitat? Explore the work by the Ocean Genome Legacy Center to examine this phenomenon.

DNA Bracelet
In this activity, you will use colored beads and string to make a bracelet representing a real gene from your favorite marine organism.
UPCOMING EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
2019
National Fisheries Institute Future Leaders 2019: June 20, 2019.
Marine Science Center Undergraduate Research Symposium: June 19, 2019.
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) 2019 Meeting: May 25-31, 2019. More information can be found here.
Regional Aquatics Workshop (RAW) 2019: May 13-18, 2019. More information and registration can be found here.
Massachusetts Marine Educators Annual Meeting and Conference: May 4, 2019 More information can be found here.
The 2019 Evolution in Changing Seas Career Workshop for Girls: April 16 and 17, 2019. Information about this event can be found here.
Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE) 2019: April 4, 2019. Information about this conference can be found here.
2019 High School Marine Science Symposium (North Shore): March 13, 2019. Details about this annual event can be found here.
2019 High School Marine Science Symposium (Boston): March 7, 2019. Details about this annual event can be found here.
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions Annual Environmental Meeting: March 2, 2019.
2018
Beach Sisters: November 7, 2018.
2018 Coastal Ocean Science Academy: August 15, 2018. Details for the 2019 COSA can be found here.
Global Genome Biodiversity Network 2018 Annual Meeting: June 22-25, 2018.
Wolbachia Conference 2018: June 21, 2018.
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Seafood Technology Conference: March 10, 2018.
2018 High School Marine Science Symposium (Boston): March 9, 2018.
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions Annual Environmental Meeting: March 3, 2018.
Girls Inc.: February 26, 2018.
Marine Genomics Workshop: February 20, 2018.
2018 ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting: February 12-16, 2018.